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Wade Mccree's Michigan Legacy, G. Mennen Williams
Wade Mccree's Michigan Legacy, G. Mennen Williams
Michigan Law Review
A Tribute to Wade H. McCree, Jr.
Psychiatric Assistance For Indigent Defendants Pleading Insanity: The Michigan Experience, Paul Zisla
Psychiatric Assistance For Indigent Defendants Pleading Insanity: The Michigan Experience, Paul Zisla
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The federal government and many states already provide psychiatric assistance to indigent defendants pleading insanity. Michigan's statutory scheme for delivering this service presents an opportunity to evaluate an approach that generally favors defendant interests in areas left unresolved by Ake. This Note undertakes that evaluation. Part I summarizes the Ake decision, key problem areas, and the research methodology. Part II describes the Michigan statutory system. Part III evaluates that system using data from interviews with legal and psychiatric practitioners and considers the consequences of Michigan's approach to the issues posed by Ake. The evaluation shows that Michigan's system …