ORDER
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
October Term 2001
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NEVADA,
Petitioner
No. 01-673
v.
FREDERICK FINGER,
Respondent
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December 20, 2001
Case below,
Finger
v. State, 27 P.3d 66 (Nev. 2001)
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Nevada granted
and limited to the following questions:
"(1) Did the Nevada legislature's abolishment of insanity as a defense
in criminal prosecutions create a statutory scheme that is unconstitutional
under the 14th Amendment?
(2) Did the Nevada legislature's abolishment of insanity as a defense
in criminal prosecutions create a statutory scheme that is unconstitutional
under the 8th Amendment?"