Card #40: Dr. Paul Zeizel · criminal-responsibility opinion and cross-examination limits
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Zeizel gave a defense expert opinion on wrongfulness and testing, while cross-examination examined his defense relationship, medication-history accuracy, source review, and public statements.
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Zeizel opined that Lindsay Clancy did not appreciate the wrongfulness of her acts and testified about testing that he said did not indicate antisocial personality disorder. These are defense expert opinions, not adjudicated facts. [SWORN TESTIMONY] On cross, Zeizel acknowledged that he had only perused another expert's report and had not reviewed every page of the Tewksbury records. The prosecution also questioned his relationship with defense counsel, medication-history accuracy, and played part of his December 2023 press conference. [UNKNOWN] Cross-examination and the trial day were incomplete at the cutoff; the morning record neither proves nor disproves the reported command voice or criminal responsibility.
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