Cleared of Murder, a Man Punches His Lawyer

New York Times ^ | JULY 1, 2015 | JAMES C. McKINLEY

[nickcarraway]

A man who stabbed a 9-year-old boy to death on the Upper West Side punched his defense lawyer in the face on Wednesday afternoon at State Supreme Court just minutes after a jury determined he was not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.

It took more than two dozen court officers to subdue the defendant, Alejandro Morales, 31, as he crashed around the Manhattan courtroom, swinging wildly at the officers, slamming into the prosecutor’s table and ending up sprawled face down in the jury box, witnesses said.

“He’s a very disturbed and volatile man, and we saw stark evidence of that, unfortunately,” said the defense lawyer, Frederick L. Sosinsky, who was not seriously injured. He added that Mr. Morales became violent after being told he would not go home immediately.

Mr. Morales, a felon who has been repeatedly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, confessed to the police he had killed the boy, Anthony Maldonado, at 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2010, inside the apartment of Mr. Morales’s mother. At the time, Mr. Morales was on parole for an assault conviction and was taking antipsychotic medication.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Old Sarge]

He decked a lawyer?

Just doing the job Americans won’t do...

[Leep]

Dr. Goldsmith also documented the defendant’s delusion in the days just before the murder that he was being chased by giant rats ...
============================================================ Maybe he meant giant democ-rats? I could see where that could drive someone insane.

[Lion Den Dan]

Mainstream the thug, he has rights to be at large.

[Chickensoup]

I don’t think there should be a category innocent by reason of insanity.

Instead there should be Guilty and Insane.

Most insane people do not kill or maim others. They are gentle people even in the depths of insanity. Someone who murders in their psychosis is terminally dangerous and should never be let out or executed, whichever punishment is meted out.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Or maybe even this guy is outraged that the lawyer is getting dirtbags off using a bogus defense?

Or maybe the dirtbag wanted to go to prison.

[WayneS]

Cleared of Murder, a Man Punches His Lawyer

...and his Lawyer Deserves It!

[WayneS]

I hope he gets a chance to punch Dr. Eric D. Goldsmith in the face as well.

[Billthedrill]

He punched a lawyer? Isn’t that going to harm his case for insanity?

[WayneS]

Mr. Morales will be held until a hearing before Justice Michael J. Obus on July 29 to determine if he will be committed to a mental hospital.

We might want to keep an eye on this one. This murdering savage has a chance, slim though it may be, of being released at the end of this month.

I hope and pray that Justice Michael J. Obus is not some kind of leftist nut-case.

[Crim]

We shoot rabid dogs...GUILTY by reason of insanity.

[Slings and Arrows]

"Your Honor, my client would like to change his plea to 'Guilty as h*ll.'"

[H/T to Fiddlstix for the ping.]

[Squantos]

Yep....that there “He needed killing” law ......

[martin_fierro]

It took more than two dozen court officers to subdue the defendant

Oh, come on. Two dozen??

What kind of pantywaists are they hiring there these days?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Well, that’s gratitude for ya!

DANG!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What kind of pantywaists are they hiring there these days?

Maybe they're former Playboy centerfolds.

[Slings and Arrows]

According my EMT instructor from my misspent youth, the strength of madness is very real.

[Albion Wilde]

I imagine the liberals felt so pious that this felon who refuses to control his rage even with medicines was not sentenced to death.

[Albion Wilde]

t would be nice if someone would start pointing this stuff out.

Chapter and verse; statistics, case studies and commentary about the traitoriously underreported crimes of illegals. It is excellent.

[RichInOC]

Accused murderer gets found not guilty by reason of insanity, proceeds to prove the point.