adopting the Model Penal Code insanity defense which included lack- mg “substantial capacity ... to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law”
How later courts described this case
- adopting the Model Penal Code insanity defense which included lack- mg “substantial capacity ... to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law”
- Generally, business records are admissible when introduced in the proper manner and with the proper foundation, and questions regarding the qualifications of the individual preparing the record go to weight and not admissibility.
- an indigent does not have a constitutional right to the services of a private psychiatrist at state expense
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
OPINION ON PETITION TO REHEAR
HENRY, Justice.
The petition of the State of Tennessee for a rehearing is respectfully denied. Nothing in this opinion is subject to the construction that all cases wherein an insanity defense was interposed will ipso facto be subject to retrial.