LEGAL + POLICY MENTIONS

Disability Task Force, Washington State Supreme Court (2025)

  • Report: “Supporting Individuals with Autism in Court: Tools and Strategies for Effective Support” (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2021). Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Criminal Court: A Judges’ Toolkit. Drexel Law Review, 13(4), 841-868. Link

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ivory King, 562 MAL 2024 (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2025)

  • Brief of Amici Curiae (PDF)

State v. Kohberger, No. CR01-24-31665 (Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, Ada County, 2025)

  • Judicial Order on Defendant’s Motion to Strike Death Penalty (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2021). Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Criminal Court: A Judges’ Toolkit. Drexel Law Review, 13(4), 841-868. Link

  • Defense Motion to Strike Death Penalty (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2021). Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Criminal Court: A Judges’ Toolkit. Drexel Law Review, 13(4), 841-868. Link

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2016). Brief Report: Judicial Attitudes Regarding Sentencing of Offenders with High Functioning Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(8), 2770-2773. Link

AI Security Institute, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, Government of the United Kingdom (2025)

  • Report: “International AI Safety Report 2025” (Link)

    • R. Umbach, N. Henry, G. Beard+, and C.M. Berryessa. (2024). Attitudes Towards and Knowledge of Non-Consensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery in 10 Countries. CHI ‘24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 779. Link

Sentencing Advisory Council, Queensland, Australia (2025)

  • Report: “Queensland Sentencing Round-up: First-Quarter” (PDF)

    • C.R. Caliman and C.M. Berryessa. (2025). Analyzing the Impacts of Race, Addiction, Drug Type, and Criminal Record on Public Support for Criminalized and Medicalized Sentencing Approaches toward Illegal Drug Use. Journal of Experimental Criminology. DOI: 10.1007/s11292-024-09657-2 Link

United States v. Bankman-Fried, No. 24-961 (2nd Circuit, 2024)

  • Brief of Amici Curiae (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2021). Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Criminal Court: A Judges’ Toolkit. Drexel Law Review, 13(4), 841-868. Link

Judiciary Committee, Connecticut General Assembly (2024)

  • Expert Testimony Before the Judiciary Committee re Section 3 of H.B. 5500 (“An Act Concerning Revisions to Various Laws Concerning Juror Compensation, the Department of Correction and Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure”) (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2021). Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Criminal Court: A Judges’ Toolkit. Drexel Law Review, 13(4), 841-868. Link

Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Public Safety, State of Colorado (2024)

  • Report: “Firearm Usage in Violent Crimes Calendar Year: 2019-2023.” (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa, M. Sierra-Arévalo, and D.C. Semenza. (2022). Portrayals of Gun Violence Victimization and Public Support for Firearm Policies: An Experimental Analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 19, 865-890. Link

Youth Justice Reform Select Committee, Queensland Parliament, Australia (2023)

  • Expert Submission to the “Inquiry into the Ongoing Reforms to the Youth Justice System and Support for Victims of Crime in Queensland” (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2017). Attention, Reward, and Inhibition: Symptomatic Features of ADHD and Issues for Offenders in the Criminal Justice System. ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 9(1), 5-10. Link

State v. Bird, 518 P.3d 827 (State of Kansas, Court of Appeals, 2022)

  • Judicial Opinion (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa and C. Lively. (2019). When a Sex Offender Wins the Lottery: Social and Legal Punitiveness Toward Sex Offenders in an Instance of Perceived Injustice. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(3), 181-195. Link

May v. Shinn, 37 F.4th 552 (9th Circuit, 2022)

  • Judicial Opinion (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa and C. Lively. (2019). When a Sex Offender Wins the Lottery: Social and Legal Punitiveness Toward Sex Offenders in an Instance of Perceived Injustice. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(3), 181-195. Link

Jones v. Lumpkin, 143 S.Ct. 127 (U.S. Supreme Court, 2020), cert. denied

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa and B. Wohlstetter. (2018). The Psychopathic “Label” and Effects on Punishment Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 43(1), 9-25. Link

Director of Public Prosecutions v. X, 168 (Irish Court of Appeals, 2021)

  • Judicial Opinion (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2020). The Potential Influence of Criminological Rationales in Considering Childhood Abuse as Mitigating to Sentencing. Child Abuse & Neglect, 111, 104818. Link

R v. Grant-Murray & Henry; McGill; Hewitt & Hewitt, 1228 (England and Wales Court of Appeals, 2017)

  • Petition for Mercy (PDF)

    • C.M. Berryessa. (2014). Judiciary Views on Criminal Behaviour and Intention of Offenders with High-Functioning Autism. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 5(2), 97-106. Link

    • P. Cooper, C.M. Berryessa, and C. Allely. (2016). Understanding What The Defendant With Asperger’s Syndrome Understood: Effective Use Of Expert Evidence To Inform Jurors And Judges. Criminal Law & Justice, 180(44), 792-794. Link