Rachals v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Terri Rachals, a nurse employed in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, of Albany, Georgia, was indicted and tried on six counts of murder and twenty counts of aggravated assault, allegedly caused by the administration of potassium chloride to patients in the intensive care unit. The jury returned verdicts of “not guilty” on all murder charges, and 19 counts alleging aggravated assault. Mrs. Rachals was found “guilty but mentally ill” of aggravated assault, with intent to murder, of Sam Bentley, by injecting potassium…