Describe the outcome of the case Clark v. Arizona and why it was important? plz help me with ur own word plz

Clark v. Arizona, 548 U.S. 735 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the insanity defense used by Arizona.

Clark v. Arizona

Seal of the United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued April 19, 2006

Decided June 29, 2006

Full case name

Eric Michael Clark v. State of Arizona

Docket no.

05-5966

Citations

548 U.S. 735 (more)

126 S. Ct. 2709; 165 L. Ed. 2d 842

Case history

Prior

Defendant convicted, Coconino County Superior Court, Sept. 3, 2003; affirmed, Ariz. Ct. App., Jan. 25, 2005; review denied, Ariz., May 25, 2005; cert. granted, 126 S. Ct. 797 (2005).

Holding

Due process does not prohibit Arizona's use of an insanity test stated solely in terms of the capacity to tell whether an act charged as a crime was right or wrong. The state could also constitutionally limit a defendant's evidence of mental defect to only what is relevant to that insanity test, even when mens rea is an element of the charged crime. Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed.

Court membership

Chief Justice

John Roberts

Associate Justices

John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia

Anthony Kennedy · David Souter

Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito

Case opinions

Majority

Souter, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito; Breyer except parts III-B, III-C, and ultimate disposition

Concur/dissent

Breyer

Dissent

Kennedy, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-502(A)

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