Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Thu 24 SepCASE

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GABRIEL V. STATE OF FLORIDA

— STAFF
Suffice it to say, we find that the evidence in this case was sufficient for the court to inform the jury that AMC was not a defense, especially in light of Gabriel’s own characterization of the evidence that he was “incoherent and terrified out of his mind” at the time of the offense.

Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · affirmed

Whether lay evidence of incoherence, without expert testimony, supports instructing jurors that abnormal mental condition is not a defense.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10980529/gabriel-v-state-of-florida/