Analysts initially expected Mr Holmes to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Not guilty by reason of insanity is a very specific legal construct, one unique to each state.
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Even someone eventually judged not guilty by reason of insanity had previously been judged competent to stand trial.
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"His actions were not done by reason of inadvertence or a good faith error of judgment, " he ruled.
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The revelations heighten expectations that Holmes would plead not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, his next scheduled court appearance.
Updyke has pleaded not guilty by reason of disease or mental defect.
If Holmes does change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, Colorado law gives prosecutors access to some of his medical records.
In 1982, a Washington jury found John Hinckley Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Reagan and three other men.
If found not guilty by reason of insanity, she will be sent to a state psychiatric hospital and her case will be regularly reviewed.
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If the former student pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, it would extend the proceedings while he is evaluated by state mental health officials.
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Defence lawyers had previously raised questions about the accused's mental health, leading analysts to believe Mr Holmes would plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
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At the end of the trial, temporary judge Rita Rae QC instructed the jury to find Bryceland not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
The Iraq War veteran pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge of first-degree intentional homicide, and his trial is scheduled to start in July.
The notebook Winter reported on could play a key role in determining Holmes' fate, especially if he changes his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Yates has twice pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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The judge entered a not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf but said the defense could ask to change that to not guilty by reason of insanity if Holmes chooses.
Holmes can still change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, and he can wait to do so until after prosecutors announce whether they will seek the death penalty.
Malvo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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He counseled feuding married couples, families in distress and criminal defendants who were found not guilty by reason of insanity in his forensic mental health work for Contra Costa County in California.
We are for a provision that destitution should not follow unemployment by reason of old age, and to that end we have accepted Social Security as a step toward meeting the problem.
Yates had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and her lawyers argued that severe psychosis brought on by postpartum depression following the birth of her youngest child, Mary, led her to commit the killings.
We must, I believe, by reason of this harsh choice consciously forced on us at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, weigh seriously the effect on the Republic of either of our two possible courses of action.
In court documents, Holmes' attorneys had suggested that they might enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity for the shooting rampage at the theater that left 12 people dead and 58 injured on July 20, 2012.
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"If he enters the not guilty by reason of insanity plea, he's going to be examined by state doctors and any statement he makes to those state doctors are given to the prosecution for potential use later, " Beller said.
But when you add to it, the terrible consequence of seeing a fellow citizen pursuing justice thwarted, stopped in her tracks as it were, by reason of the actions of the president, that is what the core issue here is.
Inmates can be sent to the state mental hospital in Pueblo where people found not guilty by reason of insanity are committed but the stay is temporary, and they are returned to the prison system after treatment, she said.
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