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Criminal Law - Criminal Procedure, Louis B. Loughren
Criminal Law - Criminal Procedure, Louis B. Loughren
Duquesne Law Review
Accused's loss of memory surrounding events of alleged criminal act held not to entitle him to a discharge from the indictment or stay of proceedings.
Commonwealth ex rel. Cummins v. Price, 421 Pa. 396, 218 A.2d 758(1966).
Relator was indicted for first degree murder. The only evidence presented of the alleged murder was circumstantial and, at best, inconclusive. A pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed requesting that (1) the murder indictment be dismissed and relator be discharged from custody, or (2) the trial on the indictment be postponed. The petition averred that while the relator …
Criminal Law - Criminal Responsibility, Richard S. Dorfzaun
Criminal Law - Criminal Responsibility, Richard S. Dorfzaun
Duquesne Law Review
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has adopted the ALI test for insanity.
United States v. Freeman, 357 F.2d 606 (2d Cir. 1966).