Saturday, June 12, 2010
Psychiatric Defense In Stabbing Death
KENTUCKY...
Psychologists have testified that murder defendant Sean Noakes told them years ago that he was hearing voices that told him to do things. The testimony came Thursday in Boone Circuit Court as Noakes' attorneys tried to fend off charges that could send their client to prison for life, if he is convicted. One psychologist, David Roebker, evaluated Noakes when he was being involuntarily committed to Eastern State Hospital in 1993, saying Noakes was hearing voices and having homicidal thoughts. The defense doesn't dispute that Noakes fatally stabbed 51-year-old Sharon Gette and wounded her now- 72-year-old mother Barbara Rogers in 2008. Noakes' attorneys have asked jurors to find their client not guilty because of insanity.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:28 PM 
