Five months sounds like a long time to people not familiar with court systems, but to me it sounds fairly speedy, given that the defense waived the most rapid option. They want full discovery which is going to take a minimum of 6-8 weeks to assemble and then another 2-3 months is reasonable for the defense to study the material handed over. I don’t track this professionally but it seems to me that in busier court jurisdictions this could easily have dragged out to a year or even 18 months before the next stage. Unless there’s a guilty plea submitted there will very likely be another delay after the June hearing.
Does Idaho offer the option of no jury and trial by judge?
I would be looking for that if I were the defense attorney, there is basically zero chance of swaying a jury but a judge might be more open to any loophole arguments at least in terms of reduced sentence.
Personally, I am getting the vibes of a sort of dissociated personality type who genuinely cannot fully integrate the horror of the alt personality. Not that it would rise to the level of an insanity defense (which I gather is very restricted in Idaho). It might cause a judge to sentence to a psychiatric facility rather than max security jail.
That may very well be the case. I am getting a similar impression.
Disassociated personality is not, in my perspective, a legitimate defense for anything. In fact, it is an aggravating factor that warrants more serious disposition in cases of violent crimes.
We do not attempt to punish or rehabilitate rabid animals. We put them down. That is what we must do with people who commit certain types of violent crimes.
“Personally, I am getting the vibes of a sort of dissociated personality type who genuinely cannot fully integrate the horror of the alt personality”.
Such an interesting statement. It’s a very good insight. What the heck, human psychology. Staggers the mind.