PSYC 730 Family Forensic Psychology and Family Law Course at Antioch University Santa Barbara. Amicus Curiae or Friend of the Court Briefs Poster Presentations by Third Year Doctoral Students Thursday, February 7, 2008

1. PSYC 730 Family Forensic Psychology and Family Law Course at Antioch University Santa Barbara Amicus Curiae or Friend of the Court Briefs Poster Presentations by Third Year Doctoral Students Thursday, February 7, 2008

2. Family Forensic Psychology & Family Law Amicus Curiae Brief Posters Presented on February 7, 2008

4. Hawthorne v. State of Florida by Efrain Martinez Whether expert testimony on battered women’s syndrome is admissible to establish claims of self-defense in a murder case.

5. Sells v. U.S. by Felizon Vidad Whether a criminal defendant should be involuntary medicated for the purpose of restoring the defendant to competency so that he can stand trial.

6. Roper v. Simmons 2005 by Manuel Tajon Whether the imposition of the death penalty on an individual who was 17 years old when he committed a murder, constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment, and is thus barred by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

7. Campbell v. Sundquist 1996 by Scott Musgrove Whether a Tennessee “homosexual acts” statute prohibits private sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex violates the Tennessee Constitution’s right to privacy.

8. Ake v. Oklahoma by Katherine Burrelsman Whether an indigent defendant has the constitutional right to the appointment of a mental health professional at the State’s expense to help the defendant prepare an insanity defense and rebut evidence of future dangerousness.

9. Progressive Animal Welfare Society P.A.W.S. v. Univ. of WA by Joe Becher Whether unfunded grant proposals submitted to a federal agency are protected from disclosure by federal preemption and the researcher’s First Amendment right of academic freedom.

10. Kentucky v. Stincer by Ryan Smith Whether a defendant accused of sexually abusing a child has a right to be present at a pretrial hearing at which a child is questioned to determine competence to testify at trial.

11. Maryland v. Craig by Dawn Montgomery Whether certain procedural prohibitions such as the use of one-way closed circuit television may be afforded to the victims of child abuse when testifying against the accused individual.

12. Colorado v. Connelly 1986 by Ray Hwang Whether an individual diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia acting in response to “command hallucinations” is competent to waive Miranda rights and his subsequent confession is voluntary and admissible.

13. Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision 1998 by Chris Howard Whether a neuropsychologist is qualified to testify as to the causation of a head injury.

14. Estate of Davis v. Young-Oh 1986 by Clemencia Figueroa Whether a psychiatrist is liable under tort law for the standard of care concerning the discharge of patients from mental hospitals and not a therapists’ duty to warn of potential danger.

15. Students presented scholarly synopses of a range of APA Amicus Curiae, or Friend of the Court Briefs. 3 minute presentations followed by a few questions. CONGRATULATIONS! WELL DONE! STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT YOUR NEXT CLASS POSTER BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH TO AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE *Dec ‘08 deadline for August APA ‘09