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PEOPLE v. DEMAGALL

63 A.D.3d 34 (2009)

876 N.Y.S.2d 541

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM S. DEMAGALL, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided April 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Mott, Albany (Paul J. Connolly, Delmar, of counsel), for appellant.

Beth G. Cozzolino, District Attorney, Hudson (H. Neal Conolly of counsel), for respondent.

MERCURE, J.P., ROSE, MALONE JR. and KAVANAGH, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LAHTINEN, J.

In this murder case, defendant asserted insanity as his defense. Defendant had a three-year history of severe psychiatric problems that had been manifested in a variety of bizarre actions and resulted in him being placed several times in a secure psychiatric facility in Massachusetts. He was at that facility when, on February 9, 2006, he escaped. He claimed to have received a vision...

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