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Originally Posted by tcsparky
Let's just hope this guy isn't found "not guilty for reason of mental defect", or whatever they call it there.
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In Colorado, you have to be able to prove that the Defendant couldn't distinguish between right or wrong. I think that'd be a hell of a tough sell considering the fact that he planned this thing out, probably over a period of months or years. His apartment is boobytrapped, he was wearing body armor, so he had to think that what he was doing would be wrong enough that someone might shoot back, so while I think this is a possible defense, it's a terrible defense in this case for a number of reasons.
Insanity defenses or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect defenses are incredibly rare to see used and it's much rarer to see those defenses actually work.
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