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Smith’s attorneys argued that he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, records show.
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, this troubled individual was committed to Whiting Forensic Hospital for up to 60 years.
—Matthew J. Funchion, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in relation to the 2012 killing of Angel Gonzalez, whose body was discovered after he was hacked to death in a vacant apartment in Bridgeport, per NPR.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Despite the conspiracy theories, Lawrence was found not guilty by reason of insanity at his trial in April 1835 after just five minutes of jury deliberation.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, this troubled individual was committed to Whiting Forensic Hospital for up to 60 years.
—Matthew J. Funchion, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in relation to the 2012 killing of Angel Gonzalez, whose body was discovered after he was hacked to death in a vacant apartment in Bridgeport, per NPR.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Despite the conspiracy theories, Lawrence was found not guilty by reason of insanity at his trial in April 1835 after just five minutes of jury deliberation.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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