WORSWICK, J.
We are asked to decide whether the defense of diminished capacity is a "lesser included defense," encompassed within the defense of insanity. We hold that it is not, and we affirm Harold S. Gough's conviction for murdering his wife.
Gough has a lengthy history of mental illness. After he stabbed his wife to death in 1986, he said that she was a witch or supernatural being who controlled his mind, and that the killing was a blood sacrifice to protect...
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