ptsd-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5753 James Allyson Lee v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing childhood-trauma habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief ptsd ptsd-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Where a capital sentencing jury hears only a brief, conclusory, second-hand allusion to childhood abuse and neglect, can detailed, graphic accounts…
20-1461 Jairo Acosta, Police Officer for the City of Los Banos v. Tan Lam, as Successor-in-Interest to Decedent Sonny Lam, aka Son Tung Lam Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process evidence officer-credibility plain-error police-use-of-force ptsd ptsd-evidence qualified-immunity reasonable-officer threat-assessment use-of-force 1. Is it plain error to admit evidence of a police officer's remote PTSD diagnosis to challenge the officer's credibility and prove he was more likely…