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Georgia appeals court says woman who argues mental illness caused crash can use insanity defense.
Michelle Wierson was speeding through the streets in DeKalb County in September 2018 when she caused a fatal car crash.
Wierson 's attorneys argued that her mental state at the time of the crash absolves her of criminal liability.
Prosecutors argued she should not be able to use the insanity defense but argued if it was allowed, they should be allowed to to introduce evidence.
Wierson 's lawyers, who dispute the assertion that she wasn't taking her medication, argue the insanity defense does not include an exception for medication noncompliance, and the appeals court judges agreed. “To conclude that a defendant may still be found guilty of a crime if her mental incapacity or delusional compulsion can be attributed to medication noncompliance would be to write an exception into the statutes, which this Court is not authorized to do,” the ruling says..
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