Sniper case lawyers challenge insanity claim

Prosecutors have said Lee Malvo’s lawyers have not produced enough evidence to support an insanity defence in the Washington sniper trial.

Sniper case lawyers challenge insanity claim
Fri, 05 Dec, 2003 - 05:41

Prosecutors have said Lee Malvo’s lawyers have not produced enough evidence to support an insanity defence in the Washington sniper trial.

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Horan told the judge in Chesapeake, Virginia, that he was contending with “an insanity defence that’s like a puff of smoke”.

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