PEOPLE V. RAMSEY
422 Mich. 500, 375 N.W.2d 297 (1985)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a conviction for murder.
FACTS: Ramsey (D) choked and stabbed his wife 32 times in the presence of his children. He did so to exorcise the demons from her and believed that she would live once the demons were gone. D's wife died from the wounds. When D's wife would not come back to life, D put her body in his bed and stabbed himself in the chest. D was diagnosed as acutely psychotic when he was admitted to the hospital. D was tried and convicted of murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty but mentally ill. This verdict applied in cases where the defendant was guilty of an offense and was mentally ill when he committed the offense, but was not legally insane at the time of the offense. D appealed: the verdict was unconstitutional.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND
DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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