Legal Opinion
Anastazia Schmid v. Steve McCauley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 2016No. 14-2974PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Anastazia Schmid was convicted in Indiana of murdering her boyfriend. She testified that she had heard a voice telling her that she is the Messiah and that the boyfriend had to die because he had sexually abused her daughter. The jury found her guilty but mentally ill. This spared her any risk of capital punishment but did not avoid a long term in prison; the sentence is 55 years, with the final five suspended in favor of probation. See Schmid v. State, 804 N.E.2d 174 (Ind. App. 2004) (affirming the conviction and sentence).
After her conviction became final, Schmid…
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