McNeil v. United States

PRYOR, Senior Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of felony murder while armed 1 and other related offenses. In response to evidence that appellant inflicted fatal injuries upon her child, a toddler, appellant asserted the insanity defense. When appellant was arrested shortly after the killing, she chose to remain silent and not answer any questions. During trial, the prosecution presented evidence of appellant’s silence and argued the deliberative nature of appellant’s behavior to rebut her defense of insanity. Given existing judicial precedent on this question, we agree with…