Opinion ID: 308716
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Prosecution Evidence of Mental Status

Text: 116 The government called Dr. J. Edward Stern, a board certified psychiatrist. On September 28, 1971, and again on September 30, 1971, he had subjected Davila to an electroencephalographic [E.E.G.] test. The results were normal. 117 Dr. Ivan C. Smiley, a board certified radiologist, had interpreted a brain scan of the defendant and found it to be normal. 118 Dr. Clarence G. Hackett, a clinical psychologist, Ph.D. in psychology from Purdue University, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, at the request of Dr. R. J. Bennett [above mentioned] had administered to Davila the Welchler Adult Intelligence Scale Test, the Bonder Gestalt Test, and the Rorschach Test. 119 The Rorschach test had shown that Davila showed no evidence of any thinking disorder or really of any serious mental or emotional disturbance. He did feel from interview and testing that Davila had an antisocial personality disorder. He saw no evidence that Davila was a manic depressive. There was nothing in the examination to suggest that on August 5, 1971, the defendant had been unable to understand or comprehend the wrongful nature of his conduct and was quite capable of understanding the requirements of the law. Dr. Hackett had no basis for thinking that Davila on the day of the robbery suffered from any impairment of thinking or inability to conform to the law.