Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: Bladecutter
Chances are, the homeowner will take a plea deal before the court case comes to a conclusion.
An insanity plea seems to fit the bill nicely here. He should seriously consider that.
He can't. First of all, no one with a working brain is going to accept that a guy who deliberately set a trap and waited for days to spring it is insane.
And, Montana abolished the use of the insanity defense, and in 1994 the US Supreme Court upheld it.
Idaho, Utah, and Kansas don't allow it either.
Originally Posted By: Bladecutter
Chances are, the homeowner will take a plea deal before the court case comes to a conclusion.
An insanity plea seems to fit the bill nicely here. He should seriously consider that.
He can't. First of all, no one with a working brain is going to accept that a guy who deliberately set a trap and waited for days to spring it is insane.
And, Montana abolished the use of the insanity defense, and in 1994 the US Supreme Court upheld it.
Idaho, Utah, and Kansas don't allow it either.
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