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Category Archives: Criminal Law

Prisoner or Patient?

Criminal Law, General Medical, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Are Correctional Facilities Adequately Caring for the Health of Their Inmates? According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), incarcerated individuals are “disproportionately affected by chronic health conditions, mental illness, and substance abuse. However,…

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Effect of Brain Damage on Personality

Assault, Criminal Law, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil)By Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

How can brain damage be used to create reasonable doubt? In 1990, a 40-year-old schoolteacher suddenly began using prostitutes and making inappropriate advances to his stepdaughter. The courts ordered him to go to Sexaholics Anonymous…

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Delirium & Psychosis in the Hospitalized Patient

Assault, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Psych/Mental Health, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Delirium in criminal cases Hypothetically, there is a case where the defendant was injured in a car accident and being cared for the in the ICU. During his hospitalization, he demonstrates bizarre behavior and is…

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Discipline or Child Abuse?

Child Abuse, Criminal LawBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

When does discipline cross the line into the category of abuse? Many experts are asked to answer this question when they are retained on child abuse cases. It is not as black and white as…

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The Long-Term Effects of Repetitive Head Trauma

Blunt Force Trauma, Criminal Law, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Traumatic Brain Injury in Criminal Cases After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), people can experience personality changes, social anxiety, irritability, anger, depression, general anxiety, mood swings, emotional lability, and feelings of being overwhelmed. The bottom line…

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Actinic (Senile) Purpura and Its Imposters

Assault, Criminal Law, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Often in assault or abuse cases, the victim is elderly. When evaluating these cases, it is prudent to retain a medical expert to review the discovery and determine if the injuries are consistent with contusions…

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Bruise Dating for Court Cases Can be Tricky

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Missed DiagnosesBy Tara Godoy

 – Transcript of Video – Today we’re going to talk about bruising and the dating of bruises. I get calls on this on a regular basis regarding cases in which the victim has bruises. Whether…

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Traumatic Brain Injury or Mental Illness?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Homicide, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

TBI and Mental Illness What if a defendant commits a crime because of being affected by either an acute brain injury or an acquired or inherited brain disease? This is called the “brain defense.” In…

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Did COVID-19 Bring a Higher Risk of Abuse?

Assault, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic ViolenceBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic people have been told to stay at home for their own safety and the safety of others.  Could there be a higher risk of abuse? What about those…

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Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease?

Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Failure to Thrive, General Medical, Neonaticide/FilicideBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Unexplained Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease? Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a profoundly serious problem that has implications and consequences affecting the child and his family for the rest of their lives,…

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Alcohol Intoxication or Medical Issue?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Alcohol, trauma, or underlying medical condition? The legal limit of blood alcohol content is set by the US Department of Motor Vehicles at 0.08%. However, not everyone presents the same way clinically, as different individuals…

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Projectile Injury During a Protest

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Policies and ProceduresBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

A Literature Review of “Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review” (Haar, Iacopino, Ranadive, Dandu, & Weiser, 2017) According to a review of worldwide literature (26 articles) between…

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