PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parker, George F.
TI  - An Historical Review of the Legal and Personal Background to <em>Jackson v. Indiana</em>
DP  - 2011 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 86--92
VI  - 39
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/86.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/86.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2011 Feb 01; 39
AB  - The landmark case of Jackson v. Indiana is well known to forensic psychiatrists, but little is known of the personal and legal background of this case. Mr. Jackson's state hospital records were reviewed, as were available transcripts and decisions of the Indiana court proceedings, before and after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, and local newspaper coverage, to understand how this case developed.