Before he could do this he was declared legally insane.
He is later convicted of murder and declared legally insane.
"The job is to go legally insane for a period of time," he says.
He'd get fired if he started saying defendants are legally insane.
"You've never seen a legally insane criminal defendant, have you, Doctor?"
"And you told the jury that he was not legally insane?"
"And you were the only doctor in the trial who said he was not legally insane?"
He was found legally insane and committed to a state mental hospital.
One week later, the same jury found that Attias was legally insane.
None said he was legally insane at the time of the crime.