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

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

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