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U.S. justices agree to weigh defendant's self-incrimination claim Feb 25th 2013, 15:32 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Supreme Court bars defendant's retrial after judge errs Wed, Feb 20 2013 Supreme Court won't extend 2010 immigration ruling Wed, Feb 20 2013 Supreme Court to revisit campaign finance limits Tue, Feb 19 2013 Police dog "sniff" passes Supreme Court smell test Tue, Feb 19 2013 Analysis: Wider legal rights at stake in U.S. gay marriage cases Sun, Feb 17 2013 Analysis & Opinion Victim in SCOTUS generics case has powerful amici: Harkin and Waxman Why Section 5 survives People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington October 1, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON | Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:32am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether a criminal defendant's right against self-incrimination is violated when a psychiatrist who examined him testifies about his mental state. Scott Cheever was sentenced to death for killing Greenwood County, Kansas, Sheriff Matthew Samuels while officers sought to enforce a warrant for his arrest in January 2005. Cheever's defense was that he was intoxicated after using methamphetamine and therefore incapable of the premeditation necessary for him to be convicted of murder and attempted murder. The legal question is whether Cheever's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated when the state called a psychiatrist who had examined Cheever to testify in order to rebut the claim that the defendant was incapable of rational thought. The psychiatrist's testimony was based in part on what Cheever had said to him during the evaluation. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in Cheever's favor. Oral argument and a decision are expected in the U.S. Supreme Court's next term, which begins in October and runs until June 2014. The case is Kansas v. Cheever, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-609. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Eric Beech) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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