U.S. justices agree to weigh defendant's self-incrimination claim

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U.S. justices agree to weigh defendant's self-incrimination claim

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-justices-agree-weigh-defendants-self-incrimination-claim-153202936.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dM1ic4omo.90QkKFYPE19Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-25T153202Z_1_CBRE91O175H00_RTROPTP_2_USA-COURT-HUMAN-RIGHTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington" align="left" title="People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington" border="0" /></a>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. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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