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Lynch Vs. Overholser

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 21, 1962

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  5. U.S. 705 (1962) U.S. Supreme Court Lynch v. Overholser
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  6. U.S. 705 (1962) Lynch v. Overholser
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  7. to statutory construction which confines itself to the bare words of a statute, e.g., Church of the Holy Trinity v. United
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  8. if fairly possible, in such a way as to free it from not insubstantial constitutional doubts. E.g., United States v. Jin
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  9. International Assn. of Machinists v. Street
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  10. At both of these hearings, representation by counsel or by a guardian ad litem is necessary. Dooling v. Overholser
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  11. Davis v. United
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  12. States, 160 U. S. 469 , 160 U. S. 484 . See, e.g., Isaac v. United
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  13. States, 109 U.S.App.D.C. 34, 284 F.2d 168. Compare Leland v. Oregon
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  14. direct result of the change in the standard of criminal responsibility in the District of Columbia wrought by Durham v. United
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  15. g) as construed by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Overholser v. Leach
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  16. Ragsdale v. Overholser
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  17. District of Columbia v. Trembley
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  18. United States v. Taylor
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  19. United States v. Kloman
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  20. United States v. Strickland
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  21. considered in Greenwood v. United
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  22. which was created in part by the rule in Durham v. United
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  23. In protecting the public from the criminally incompetent, it could, with reason, act with less caution. See Overholser v. Leach
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  24. U.S.App.D.C. 289, 291, 257 F.2d 667, 669, and Kenstrip v. Cranor
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  25. on insanity grounds in Massachusetts was remanded to the sheriff for continued custody as early as 1810, Commonwealth v. Meriam
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  26. in 1835, United States v. Lawrence
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  27. on the ground of insanity. That is, unlike defendants committed before or during the trial, see State ex rel. Smilack v. Bushong
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  28. that serves to explain and, in Congress' opinion, to justify different treatment for such individuals. Overholser v. Leach
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  29. case, Congress wanted commitment if the judge found the accused insane or if the jury entertained a reasonable doubt. v. I agree
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  30. d) was the response of Congress to the decision in Durham v. United
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  31. of the Durham rule by other courts in jurisdictions where no mandatory commitment statute is available. Sauer v. United
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  32. United States v. Smith
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  33. United States v. Currens
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  34. to the public. The policy of the law also includes assurance of rehabilitation for those so committed. Ragsdale v. Overholser
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  35. law permitted an acquitted incompetent to be confined in the District of Columbia even before 1901. United States v. Lawrence
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  36. by reason of insanity, and deprives them of the treatment afforded by a humanitarian public policy. See Ragsdale v. Overholser
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  37. Quercia v. United
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  38. Glasser v. United
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  39. United States v. Marzano
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  40. that the trial judge is required to set aside jury findings of sanity where the record shows a reasonable doubt. Isaac v. United
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  41. unquestionably proper for the prosecutor to introduce testimony of insanity. His function, this Court said in Berger v. United
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  42. to borrow a phrase from Mr. Justice Cardozo in Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose
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  43. necessity for further hospitalization. The Court has not hesitated to use a similar device in another area. Coppedge v. United
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  44. Apparently, in Tennessee, there is likewise no common law power to confine the acquitted insane. See Dove v. State
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  45. Bailey v. State
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  46. Hodison v. Rogers
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  47. State v. Burris
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  48. People v. Dubian
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  49. Peabody v. Chanler
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  50. State v. Saffron
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