Legal Cases Flashcards
Muller v Oregon
Helped dismantle the formalist view and led to the legal realist movement
Brown v Board
segregation leads to low self-esteem- showed growing influence of psych on the law
M’naghten
1st insanity defense
Roper v Simmons
abolished death penalty for minors
Colorodo v Conelly
Conelly’s confession was not voluntary- his mental condition should not have allowed him to waive his rights
Miranda v Arizona
Miranda rights
Graham v Florida
no more life without parole for minors except in homicide cases
Miller v Alabama and Jackson v Hobbs
No more life without parole for minors periodt.
Ford v Wainwright
No more executions of mentally insane
Atkins v Virginia
No more execution of mentally retarded
Daubert case
judges responsible for ensuring expert testimony is reliable and relevant
