plea of insanity

If he made one, and then killed himself, it might be upset on a plea of insanity.

Now, the reader says, "Here comes that same old plea of insanity again."

He told her that her father could make a plea of insanity.

A plea of insanity was rejected by the court.

Mercer entered a plea of insanity and was found not guilty.

I should be very surprised indeed if a plea of insanity could fail, backed up by this."

At the trial her defence put forward a plea of insanity, but she was convicted on a majority verdict with one juror against.

The case is notable for Watson's use of a plea of insanity as his defence.

His father's plea of insanity being without success, he was sentenced to three months in a house of correction.

In "Angels," the mother said that God had told her to kill the children, and she entered a plea of insanity.

When the case was finally brought to trial his lawyer didn't try to fight the allegations and instead sought reprieve through a plea of insanity.

The plea of insanity was not offered.

He declined to say whether he would enter a plea of insanity or other diminished mental capacity.

Hailey committed the murders, planned them carefully, and is relying on a rather weak plea of insanity.

With a successful plea of insanity skillfully supported by a clever attorney, Render had avoided prison.

There's obvious speculation, due to the nature of the alleged crime, that you might be considering a plea of insanity.

Their expressions were those of men who had been listening to a mass murderer attempting to enter a plea of insanity.

A plea of insanity became worthless.

He knew Harriet Barnes had killed those three men yet he tried to get her off with a plea of insanity."

They are tried with murder and deny the plea of insanity that the male prosecutor and judges assume they should plead.

If I do, and say that I have had a complete blackout right from the beginning, you might get me off on a plea of insanity."

And if a plea of insanity were made and upheld, infliction of the death penalty would be improper, as well as illegal.

Viktor Chevguz, Suprunyuck's original defense lawyer, left the case after reportedly being disappointed that his client's plea of insanity was not accepted.

But what intrigues the author is not what Vacher did but how his plea of insanity was overthrown and his conviction secured.

They came here from Mars - " "A plea of insanity at this point will avail you nothing," Blackwish announced.