Kahler v. Kansas

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:case_number 18-6135
gptkbp:case_outcome majority opinion by Justice Elena Kagan
gptkbp:consequences state discretion in defining insanity
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
March 23, 2020
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion dissent by Justice Stephen Breyer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kahler v. Kansas
gptkbp:involved_parties gptkb:State_of_Kansas
Kahler
gptkbp:is_cited_in 140 S. Ct. 1021
gptkbp:legal_context criminal law
constitutional law
gptkbp:legal_issue insanity defense
gptkbp:outcome upheld Kansas law
gptkbp:precedent affects future insanity defense cases
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:Ford_v._Wainwright
Ake v. Oklahoma
gptkbp:significance impact on insanity defense standards
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Neal_Katyal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5