What is the test for a diminished capacity defense in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Bonnett, No. 2:13-cr-210-JAM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
Tollett v. Henderson, 411 U.S. 258, 267 (1973). Movant entered a knowing and voluntary guilty plea in this case. Thus, he is precluded from arguing that his counsel should have raised a diminished capacity defense.5
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