Cardozo Law Review de•novo
Volume
2017
First Page
33
Last Page
67
Publication Date
2017
Document Type
Note
Abstract
This Note will argue that the federal judiciary should not consider a defendant’s failure to take prescription medication when evaluating that defendant’s insanity defense unless the legislature specifically amends the statute governing the insanity defense.
Keywords
Criminal Law and Procedure, Insanity, Mental Health Issues, Psychiatry and Psychology, Defendants, Legal Practice and Procedure, Drugs (General), Murder, Crimes Against the Person, Medical Jurisprudence
Recommended Citation
Geoffrey Andreu,
Responsibly Irresponsible?: An Analysis of the Medically Noncompliant Offender’s Federal Insanity Defense,
2017
Cardozo L. Rev. De-Novo
33
(2017).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/de-novo/49
