Supreme Court affirms death penalty for police officer’s murder despite erroneous order requiring mental examination
The court’s unanimous opinion by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye holds to be error both a superior court order requiring the defendant to submit to a mental examination by a prosecution expert and the use against the defendant of his refusal to obey the order. However, applying a deferential standard of prejudicial error, the court concludes a more defense-favorable verdict “was not reasonably probable” had the errors not occurred.
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