Jonathan Pendleton v. Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia, et al.
Whether and to what extent Virginia's "not guilty by reason of insanity" (NGRI) statutes, I.
Va. Code § 19.2-182.2, et seq., are facially unconstitutional, in violation of the equal
protection and due process holdings in Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71, 112 S. Ct. 1780,
118 L. Ed. 2d 437 (1992).
II. Whether Virginia's NGRI statutes, together with the "customs, policies, and practices" of
various State and local agencies, constitute "deliberate indifference" to cruel and unusual
punishment within the meaning of Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 114 S. Ct. 1970, 128
L. Ed. 2d 811 (1994).
Whether and to what extent Virginia's 'not guilty by reason of insanity' (NGRI) statutes are unconstitutional