Card #56: Dr. Phillip Resnick · criminal-responsibility opinion and cross-examination limits
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The defense psychiatrist opined that bipolar II depression and postpartum psychosis left Clancy unable to conform her conduct, while the judge and cross-examination sharply limited what his account proves.
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Resnick diagnosed bipolar II disorder with severe depression, opined that Clancy was psychotic on January 24, and said a command hallucination and delusion of influence left her unable to conform her conduct to law. These are retained-expert opinions, not adjudicated facts. [VERIFIED FACT] Judge Sullivan instructed jurors that statements made to evaluators were not proof of the facts asserted and could be considered only as a basis for mental-condition opinion. [SWORN TESTIMONY] Cross-examination established alternative propositions: command hallucinations can be fabricated or resisted, treatment records repeatedly documented denials of homicidal ideation, and the timing was atypical under some definitions of postpartum psychosis.
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