State v. Rimert

Moore, Justice:

Appellant was found guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) on four counts of murder and sentenced to four concurrent life sentences. We affirm.

*529 FACTS

In June 1990 appellant was hospitalized and diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in Indiana where he lived with his parents. On July 11,1990, he was released from the hospital in Indiana although he was actively hallucinating. He left his medication in Indiana and drove all night to his grandparent’s house near Rock Hill. Shortly after arriving at his grandparent’s house, appellant killed his grandparents and their neighbors by stabbing…