State v. Ovind

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The Defendant, Joleen Ovind, suffered from a mental disorder. She shot and Mlled her neighbor because she believed that he was a CIA agent who was involved in “the infiltration.” She was charged with first degree murder and waived a trial by jury. The trial judge found the Defendant guilty except insane within the meaning of Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (“A.R.S.”) section 13-502 (Supp.1995). The Defendant was committed to a secure mental health facility and placed under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board for the remainder of her natural…