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Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, and her defense attorneys had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, but the jury ultimately rejected that claim, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Geyser and Anissa Weier were found not guilty by reason of mental defect in the 2014 stabbing of their friend.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Nicholson’s defense attorneys argued he had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Andrew Isaiah Godinez was convicted Thursday, Oct. 9, of first-degree murder in the Sept. 10, 2021, killing of Joseph Paul Gomez, 46, of Tustin before Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary Paer, who also ruled the defendant was not guilty by reason of insanity.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Geyser and Anissa Weier were found not guilty by reason of mental defect in the 2014 stabbing of their friend.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Nicholson’s defense attorneys argued he had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Andrew Isaiah Godinez was convicted Thursday, Oct. 9, of first-degree murder in the Sept. 10, 2021, killing of Joseph Paul Gomez, 46, of Tustin before Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary Paer, who also ruled the defendant was not guilty by reason of insanity.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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