M4 A1: Individual Research Task -- PROF MAURICE

Running head: INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TASK 0

Individual Research Task

Sherry L. Crowe

Dr. Robert Thompson

Psychology & the Legal System

FP6010

May 10, 2017

Case Report 1

Title and Citation: Dunn v. Johnson, 162 F. 3d 302 (5th Cir. 1998)

Type of Action: Competency to Stand Trial (CST)

Facts of the case: Kenneth Dwayne Dunn was convicted of capital murder in 1980 in the state of Texas. He shot a bank employee during a robbery and was sentenced to death. In 1987, his

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Type of Action: Criminal Responsibility

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Type of Action: The Right to Receive Mental Health Treatment

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Type of Action: The Right to Refuse Psychiatric Treatment

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Type of Action: Coercion to Mental Health Treatment

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Type of Action: Civil Commitment and Treatment of Sex Offenders

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