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CHOISNET v. STATE

No. S14A0578.

761 S.E.2d 322 (2014)

295 Ga. 568

CHOISNET v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Sparger , Savannah, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Dep. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Andrew George Sims , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap , Dist. Atty., Shalena Cook Jones , Asst. Dist. Atty., Isabel M. Pauley , Asst. Dist. Atty., Chatham County District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Fredrick Choisnet, Jr. was indicted and tried for murder and related charges in connection with the stabbing death of his elderly father. Choisnet pled not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming he suffered from mental illness that had rendered him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong in relation to his crimes and caused him to suffer under the delusion that his father was planning to kill him and his mother. The jury found Choisnet...

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