State v. Weathers
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of murder and related offenses, holding that the appellate court correctly concluded that the trial court's rejection of Defendant's insanity defense was reasonable.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court improperly rejected the opinions of his experts. Specifically, Defendant argued that the State neither presented nor elicited evidence to undermine the consensus of his experts that, as the result of a mental disease, Defendant lacked substantial capacity to control his conduct within the requirements of the law. The appellate court affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the appellate court did not err in concluding that the trial court's rejection of his expert opinion was not arbitrary.
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