Choisnet v. State

Benham, Justice.

In September 2010, a Chatham County jury found appellant Fredrick Choisnet, Jr., guilty but mentally ill of the malice murder of his father and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.1 *861He now appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial contending, among other things, that the trial court applied an erroneous legal standard in ruling on the amended motion. Both the District Attorney and the Attorney General agree with appellant that the case should be remanded to the trial court for application of the appropriate legal standard to appellant’s…