The case dealt with a quadruple murder committed by a Kansas man seeking to use an insanity defense.
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a spirited dissent, joined by Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.
To win a conviction, the state needed only prove that Kahler acted with intent. The Constitution does not force acquittal of defendants who cannot tell right from wrong, the high court ruled.Supreme Court, trying to remain above the partisan fray, opens 2019 term with a debate about insanity Only three other states – Idaho, Montana and Utah – have eliminated the insanity defense, though Kagan opined during oral argument in October that Kahler likely would not have been found insane anywhere.
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