D.) Some of those experts testified that the 1Under California law, the criminal defense of insanity is met when a defendant proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he or she was “incapable of knowing or understanding the nature and quality of his or her act and of distinguishing right from wrong.” Cal. Penal Code § 25(b). Case5:14-cv-01898-EJD Document29 Filed02/18/15 Page8 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 Case No: 5:14-cv-01898-EJD DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO STAY PENDING OUTCOME OF CRIMINAL APPEAL; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES medications Ms. Wenke was taking, including Lexapro, “exacerbated” Ms. Wenke’s ability (or inability) to control her thinking and/or worsened her dissociative state and contributed to her being insane at the time of the attack.

That fact was not disputed. Nevertheless, the prosecution introduced People's 25, a picture of the victim with her scalp peeled away from her skull during the autopsy - ostensibly introduced into evidence to show the bruise that she had received from a blow. (12 RT 2173-74.)

California, of course, has made other choices. 7/ In a footnote, the court in Clark noted that "diminished capacity" in California had the meaning of "diminished responsibility": "Though the term "diminished capacity" has been given different meanings [cita- tion], California, a jurisdiction with which the concept has traditionally been associated, understood it to be simply a ‘"showing that the defenda- nt’s mental capacity was reduced by mental illness, mental defect or intoxication,"’ People v. Berry, 18 Cal.3d 509, 517, 134 Cal. Rptr. 415, 556 P.2d 777, 781 (1976) (quoting People v. Castillo, 70 Cal.2d 264, 270, 74 Cal. Rptr. 385, 449 P.2d 449, 452 (1969); emphasis deleted), abrogated by Cal. Penal Code Ann. §§ 25(a), 28(a)-(b), 29 (West 1999 and Supp. 2006)." Clark, supra, 548 U.S. at 772 fn. 41. 22 D.

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(Ibid.) The long juror questionnaires were then marked as Court's 24 and the hardship questionnaires, where pre-trial publicity was the second question, were marked as Court's 25 and made part of the record for the motion. (11 RT 2058-2059.)

v . Florida (1 970) 399 U.S. 78 ........................................... 409 Witherspoon v . Illinois (1 968) 39 1 U.S. 5 10 .................... 28 1 , 293, 297 Woldt v . People (Colo.2003) 64 P.3d 256 ........................................ 480 Woodson v . hTorth C~I-olina (1976) 428 U.S. 280 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p assim Zant v . Stephens (1 983) 462 U.S. 862 ......................................... passim Statutes . California Civil Code Section 3532 ................................................. 291 California Code of Civil Procedure Section 232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p assim California Code of Civil Procedure Section 61 1 .............................. 418 California Evidence Code Section 1 15 ............................................. 472 ............................................. California Evidence Code Section 520 485 Cal$ornia Evidence Code Section 800 ............................................ 406 California Penal Code Section 25 .................................................. 437 California Penal Code Section 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p assim California Penal Code Section 1 87 .......................................... ..passim California Penal Code Section 190 ................................................. 477 California Penal Code Section 190.2 .............................. 461, 462, 491 California Penal Code Section 190.3 .............................................. 479 California Penal Code Section 190.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p assim California Penal Code Section 664 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p assim .............................................. California Penal Code Section 939.6 272 California Penal Code Section 1 1 18.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p