State v. Blansett

The opinion of the court was delivered by Stegall, J.:

**401While suffering from a psychotic episode, Lindsey Nicole Blansett stabbed her 10-year-old son, Caleb Blansett, to death. A jury convicted Blansett of first-degree premeditated murder and aggravated assault. On appeal, Blansett challenges the jury instructions *1139concerning her mental disease or defect defense. She also alleges several instances of prosecutorial error and claims cumulative error merits reversal.

At first, Blansett argued that premeditation is a culpable mental state that can be negated by the mental disease or defect…