Court Opinion

ID: 9467046
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:36:39.346845+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:07.354297
License: Public Domain

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached and the reasoning employed in the majority opinion, but write separately to emphasize my view that the test for criminal responsibility adopted by this court in United States v. Smith, 404 F.2d 720 (6th Cir. 1968), has in no way been modified by the majority opinion in this case. The court only holds that the use of special interrogatories, literally applied, shifted the burden of proof on the issue of insanity to the defendant. United States v. Smith, supra, continues to articulate the law on the issue of insanity in our circuit.