Opinion ID: 1239907
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Heading: As to Chaffee

Text: Dr. William King, a psychiatric witness, testified Chaffee suffered from a psychopathic personality disorder. As with Ferrell's expert witness, the Solicitor brought out on cross-examination of Dr. King that individuals like Chaffee do not learn from prior experience and, thus, repeat the same patterns of conduct. On redirect examination, Chaffee's attorney attempted to elicit testimony concerning Chaffee's adaptability to a structured environment. The trial judge sustained the Solicitor's objection to this testimony. Thereafter, Chaffee proffered Dr. King's testimony that he would be able to adapt to a controlled environment. Although Dr. King thought it possible that Chaffee might get in an altercation with someone else, he believed Chaffee would fit in fairly well with ... [prison] rules and regulations. In his closing argument, the Solicitor stated: Does it matter that they hadn't been caught or hadn't done it before? They're violent. And what did both Doctor King and Doctor Morgan say about both of them? They don't run. They get caught. They get punished. They come back. They get caught. They get punished. They come back.... They hadn't been convicted of anything violent before. But let them tell you, where you get to do it once, do you get to do something like this once and say, hey, I'm not violent.