Insane One Minute, Then Sane the Next: How the Insanity Defense in a Murder Case is Interpreted by Utah Courts
By: Greg Smith and Brett Skidmore Can a person be legally insane one moment, then the next moment suddenly become legally sane? The Utah Supreme Court thought so in the 1999 case State v. Herrera where the defendant, Tomas Herrera, murdered his ex-girlfriend and attempted to shoot and kill his ex-girlfriend’s mother and little brother. …