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Who Is Calvin Smith Guilty Due To Reason Of Insanity

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My client Calvin Smith is not guilty due to reason of insanity. Mr. Smith is schizophrenic, considering the fact that he was able to hear ersatz noises, he has anosognosia that results in him denying his mental illness, as well as schizophrenics are known to have voices that tell them to do certain things- such as harm others, and themselves. With this information, the allegation is correct, he did murder the man. Although, he is not in the right mind to know it was wrong. This is because Calvin Smith is schizophrenic. To start off, Mr. Smith has been distinguishing abnormal sounds, these sounds are something normally people do not hear. First, a quote from my client, “Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven …show more content…

In the first place, while he was killing the man, he was satisfied as he was committing the action. “I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead.” Without a doubt, he was satisfied knowing that he was going to kill the man, as he was smiling to know he was starting. He even took the time to listen to the heartbeat- until it stopped. That means he enjoyed knowing this man was going to die- and that’s something a violent schizophrenic would be able to enjoy. Furthermore, he was relieved once he was dead, as his head would not “bother” him anymore. “. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.” Knowing this, he was glad he was dead, as he was relieved of the burden that the man was alive with the “vulture” eye. Having killed him relieved him of stress and that is not normal for other people. His schizophrenia supported the fact that he was relieved after killing him. Finally, after killing the old man- he cleans up after himself, as he cut the man up in pieces. “There was nothing to wash out --no stain of any kind --no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all --ha! Ha!” Connecting with that information, after happily killing the old man, he had to clean it up so nobody would find out. He dealt with the blood, the body, and everything else. Without any disgust or hesitation- he seemed okay with what he did. In summary, Calvin Smith has done violent and gore-ish things to the old man. Many schizophrenics are known to commit such things, and

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