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11 documents for Harold Bursztajn

- Psychiatrist: Delusional Gurney Guided by 'Signs' ; He Thought a Spiritual Guru Commanded Him to Kill As a Test, a Defense Expert Says.
A psychiatrist retained by Chad Gurney's defense team testified Tuesday that Gurney thought he was helping Zoe Sarnacki "attain eternal life" when he strangled her, mutilated her body and set it on fire in his apartment in Portland two years ago. Dr. Harold Bursztajn gave his opinion that Gurney was so delusional that he did not comprehend the wrongfulness of his actions.
- Portland Press Herald
- January 19, 2011
- The Chad Gurney Trial Closing Arguments the Defendant Didn't Understand His Actions, His Attorney Says, but the Prosecutor Says He Had a Motive for Killing Zoe Sarnacki
Over the course of Chad Gurney's two-week murder trial, lawyers for the state and the defense used every tool available in the justice system to get inside the defendant's mind. Interviews with police. Journal entries. E-mails. Reports from friends, past girlfriends and family members. Medical records. Evaluations by psychologists and psychiatrists.

...Harold Bursztajn, a psychiatrist from Harvard Medical Sch...
- Portland Press Herald
- January 24, 2011
- Shuman v. Spencer, (1st Cir. 2011)
...nor his trial expert, Dr. Harold Bursztajn, referred specifically. to akathisia, Dr...
- Federal Circuits

- Competency to refuse lifesaving treatment: valuing the nonlogical aspects of a person's decisions.
...L. REV. 945, 948 (1991). See also Harold Bursztajn et al., Beyond Congnition: The Role of D...
- Issues in Law & Medicine
- Vol. 10 Nbr. 3, December 1994
- State's Experts Call Gurney Troubled but Sane ; Closing Arguments Are Likely Today Before the Judge Ruling On the Murder Suspect's Fate.
After two solid days of testimony focused on Chad Gurney's mental health and his state of mind when he killed 18-year-old Zoe Sarnacki, the lawyers in his murder trial are expected to give their closing arguments this morning. Then it will be up to Justice Roland Cole to determine whether Gurney was legally insane at the time, and whether he belongs in the state prison in Warren or the state psychiatric hospital in Augusta.

...Harold Bursztajn of Harvard Medical School. Bursztajn sai...
- Portland Press Herald
- January 20, 2011
- ADVISORY/Malpractice Insurance Adds to Healthcare Costs.
...PR: Dan Page dpage@support.ucla.edu . Dr. Harold Bursztajn teaches at Harvard University Medical Sc...
- Business Wire
- September 10, 2001
- Johnella Moses v. Providence Hospital, Inc., (6th Cir. 2009)
... with her pleadings an expert report by Harold J. Bursztajn ("Dr. . Bursztajn"), a professor of...
- Federal Circuits
- On Guard: Law As a High-Risk Profession
The letter came on business stationery and contained a chilling threat. Litigant Melvin E. Gibbs, who had an employment case dismissed by U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz, wrote to Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and implied that he was going to kill the judge.

... against legal professionals, according to Harold J. Bursztajn, a psychiatrist and director of the H...
- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- November 10, 2005
- Emotional competence, 'rational understanding,' and the criminal defendant.
...See Harold J. Bursztajn et al., Beyond Cognition: The Role of...
- American Criminal Law Review
- Vol. 43 Nbr. 4, September 2006
- Cynthia Schafer Uhiren, Appellant, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Inc. A.K.A. Mead Johnson & Company, Appellee., 346 F.3d 824 (8th Cir. 2003)
...Harold J. Bursztajn. With respect to Uhiren's awareness o...
- Federal Circuits