United States v. Hearst

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO BAR DEFENDANT’S PROFFERED PSYCHIATRIC TESTIMONY AND MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT TESTIMONY

OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

The Government has filed extensive points and authorities in support of its motion to bar the introduction of testimony by expert witnesses on the defendant’s mental state at the time of the bank robbery for which she is now on trial. While the Court has no quarrel with the basic tenet of the decisions cited, it does not find them applicable to the case at hand.

In large part, the Government’s argument is that since in this…