People v. Goad

In these cases we must decide whether trial judges may properly use CJI 7:8:0s,1 *23which explains to the jury the disposition to be made of defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity, over defendants’ objections.

Defendant Goad was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. MCL 750.520b(1)(f); MSA 28.788(2)(1)(f). At trial, Goad raised an insanity defense and offered the testimony of a psychiatrist to the effect that he was legally insane at the time of the incident because of acute brain syndrome, a mental illness which results from an interference with the…