Legal Opinion
State v. Lindh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1991No. 89-0896-CRPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSteinmetz, J.
The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by ruling in favor of the state's in limine motion to restrict defense impeachment of one of the state's psychiatric witnesses during the mental capacity phase of the bifurcated trial.
A second issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion during the mental capacity phase of the trial by refusing to suppress the use of statements taken from the defendant by a psychiatric witness within hours of the defendant's arrest.
With respect to the first issue, the court of appeals reversed the circuit court for…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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