Defense has until Tuesday to submit mitigating evidence they intend to produce as per link above, somewhere,
This dated today
Miscellaneous Relief – #403 in United States v. Christensen (C.D. Ill., 2:17-cr-20037) – CourtListener.com
On March 18, 2019, the defendant submitted a 26-page letter to the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois and the Acting Chief of the Department of Justice’s Capital Case Section. That letter was accompanied by 277 pages of medical records. This letter includes unsupported allegations that the defendant suffered from mental health issues as a child and teenager, which carried into his adult years. Id. It also contains allegations of the mental health defense that the defendant has since withdrawn
1. Rule 12.2 Prohibits the Defendant From Presenting Expert Testimony with Regard to the Defendant’s Mental Health Rule 12.2(b)(2) requires advanced written notice if the defendant intends to present expert testimony with regard to a “mental disease or defect or any other mental condition” during the penalty phase of a capital trial. As the Court noted at the conclusion of the April 30, 2019, hearing, there is no Rule 12.2 notice on the record in this case. By withdrawing his Rule 12.2 notice, and refusing to be examined by the United States’ experts, and withdrawing his notice(etc)
(BASICALLY, #DONTeVENtRYiT)
But they did try it by insisting the entire counselling report was heard, this included the sentence 'my mother was an alcoholic'
See what happens