Heald v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Murder and Burglary. The court imposed concurrent forty (40) year and thirty (80) year sentences.

The facts are: Brian Thornton was a mutual friend of appellant and the victim, Shelley Smith. Appellant had developed a delusional pattern of thought in which she perceived Thornton to be Jesus Christ and herself as Eve, a missionary from God or the Mother Mary. Appellant became aware during the summer of 1982 of a strong emotional relationship between Thornton and Smith Within the framework of appellant's delusion, Smith was the temptress…