# Dr. Donald Condie · completed record-review testimony and attribution limits

Topic: Defense Case
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Card URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/defense-case/card/206
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Updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z

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#### Card #36: Dr. Donald Condie · completed record-review testimony and attribution limits

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/defense-case/card/206
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/defense-case/card/206.md
- Topic: Defense Case
- Updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
- Stable key: lc:day15:card:condie-completed
- Published: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
- Materially updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
- Comments: 0
- Recent change: new at 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z

Filed topics:
- Primary: Psychiatric Treatment — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/psychiatric-treatment (sort 10)
- Cross-filed: Criminal Responsibility Law — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/criminal-responsibility-law (sort 13)
- Cross-filed: Defense Case — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/defense-case (sort 30)
- Cross-filed: Full Timeline — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/full-timeline (sort 39)
- Cross-filed: Key People — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/key-people (sort 12)
- Cross-filed: Medical & Forensic Testimony — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/medical-forensic-testimony (sort 13)
- Cross-filed: Medications & Toxicology — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/medications-toxicology (sort 7)
- Cross-filed: Source Library & Methodology — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/source-library-methodology (sort 31)
- Cross-filed: Trial-Day Developments — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/trial-day-developments (sort 31)
- Cross-filed: Unresolved Questions — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/unresolved-questions (sort 30)

Summary:

Condie criticized aspects of psychiatric care and linked record-described symptoms to postpartum psychosis, while acknowledging no personal examination and no pre-event voice report to treating clinicians.

Body:

[SWORN TESTIMONY] Defense psychiatrist Donald Condie reviewed treatment records rather than examining Lindsay Clancy. He criticized sparse notes and the absence of blood or thyroid testing and testified that recorded symptoms were consistent with postpartum psychosis. [SWORN TESTIMONY] Condie acknowledged that the records did not show Lindsay reporting voices to her treating doctors before the killings. His retrospective opinion is evidence offered by the defense, not a diagnosis made by a treating clinician or a finding by the jury.

Structured claims:
- [sworn_testimony] Condie testified as a defense psychiatric expert based on other clinicians' records; he had not personally met, treated, or evaluated Lindsay Clancy for criminal responsibility.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:condie-retrospective-record-review
  - Created: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: This is a retained expert's retrospective record review, not first-hand treatment evidence.
  - Source: LIVE: MA v. Lindsay Clancy - Day 15 | Accused Killer Mom Trial — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJukLKiBt4 (Condie testimony begins near elapsed 02:20:30; scope limits near 02:27:50-02:29:20) [primary]
  - Source: Former mother-in-law says Lindsay Clancy was 'begging for help' — https://www.courttv.com/news/former-mother-in-law-says-lindsay-clancy-was-begging-for-help/ (Condie section, paragraphs 60-62) [reputable_reporting]
- [sworn_testimony] Condie characterized some treatment notes as sparse, criticized the absence of blood or thyroid testing, and testified that the record-described symptoms were consistent with postpartum psychosis.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:condie-care-criticisms-and-opinion
  - Created: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: The judge barred standard-of-care opinions. These criticisms and diagnostic reasoning are Condie's testimony, not an adjudicated malpractice finding.
  - Source: Defense expert says Lindsay Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis — https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/ (Day 15 Condie bullets, lines 66-69) [reputable_reporting]
  - Source: Former mother-in-law says Lindsay Clancy was 'begging for help' — https://www.courttv.com/news/former-mother-in-law-says-lindsay-clancy-was-begging-for-help/ (Condie section, paragraphs 60-62) [reputable_reporting]
- [sworn_testimony] Condie acknowledged that Lindsay Clancy's treatment records did not show her reporting voices to treating doctors before the killings.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:condie-no-pre-event-voice-report
  - Created: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: Absence from the reviewed records is relevant to chronology but does not by itself prove that no experience occurred or decide whether the later report was truthful.
  - Source: Defense expert says Lindsay Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis — https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/ (Day 15 Condie bullet: no reported voices to doctors, line 69) [reputable_reporting]
  - Source: Lindsay Clancy trial Day 15: Live stream and updates — https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lindsay-clancy-trial-day-15-live-stream-live-updates/3999460/ (Condie cross-examination live cards) [reputable_reporting]

Evidence relationships:
- Relationship stable key: lc:day15:relationship:condie-completed-supersedes-noon
  - Published: 2026-08-18T23:14:35.588Z
  - Cited claim IDs: lc:day15:claim:condie-retrospective-record-review, lc:day15:claim:condie-no-pre-event-voice-report
- SUPERSEDES: Dr. Donald Condie · record review and psychopharmacology testimony in progress — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/psychiatric-treatment/card/203. The completed Condie card adds the finished cross-examination record and the important concession that no pre-event voice report appeared in the treatment records.
Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/former-mother-in-law-says-lindsay-clancy-was-begging-for-help/
- https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJukLKiBt4&t=8430s

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