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VANVOORHIS v. STATE

No. A98A0985.

507 S.E.2d 555 (1998)

234 Ga. App. 749

VANVOORHIS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darden & Moyers, Richard M. Darden, Savannah, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Kimberly Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

Tiffany VanVoorhis was charged with aggravated assault for stabbing her mother with a knife. The case was tried before a judge sitting without a jury. At the bench trial VanVoorhis raised the defense that, under OCGA § 16-3-3, she should be found not guilty because she stabbed her mother due to a delusional compulsion. The judge rejected VanVoorhis' delusional compulsion defense and found her guilty of aggravated assault but mentally ill...

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