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McElrath v. Georgia, 601 U.S. 87 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that "Not guilty by reason of insanity" is an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes notwithstanding any inconsistency with the jury's other verdicts. [1]
The “guilty but mentally ill” verdict means that the jury rejected her insanity plea and found her criminally responsible for her actions. Driver will be sentenced on December 12.
A Georgia mother who in 2021 shot and killed her 7-year-old son, in part because she was under the delusion that her husband, the boy’s father, was a serial killer, on Wednesday pleaded guilty ...
In April, Maskiell entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill, meaning that he will get mental health treatment while incarcerated until a medical professional decides treatment isn’t necessary ...
Georgia (1972), and Gregg v. Georgia (1976) 1st 1986 Ford v. Wainwright: Preventing the execution [capital punishment] of the insane, requiring an evaluation of competency and an evidentiary hearing 8th 1989 Penry v. Lynaugh: Executing persons with mental retardation is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment.
May 17—Shannon Gilday's attempt to change his plea to guilty, but mentally ill was not accepted in circuit court on Monday morning. A not guilty plea was put in on his behalf by the circuit ...
As an alternative to the insanity defense, some jurisdictions permit a defendant to plead guilty but mentally ill. [55] A defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill may be sentenced to mental health treatment, at the conclusion of which the defendant will serve the remainder of their sentence in the same manner as any other defendant.
A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness when she caused a fatal car crash can use an insanity defense at trial. Michelle ...