Marathon County Homicide Not Guilty

Client was charged with one count of homicide and one count of attempted homicide. Based on the expert evidence presented by the attorneys of Hart Powell, S.C., which included testimony from two national experts on post-partum psychosis and a specialist in forensic psychiatry, the court found that the woman was not criminally responsible for her actions because of her mental state. Client was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

The attorneys of Hart Powell, S.C. obtained a similar result for a young man accused of setting fire to several homes in Marathon County.