PTSD Tied to Successful Insanity Defense
PTSD Tied to Successful Insanity Defense
January 14, 2009 San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a landmark case for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a Santa Clara County jury Tuesday found a former Army captain diagnosed with PTSD not guilty by reason of insanity for robbing a Mountain View, Calif., pharmacy of drugs at gunpoint.
Sargent Binkley, 34, faced a maximum of 22 years and eight months and a minimum of 12 years in state prison after the same jury convicted him last week of the 2006 robbery. He initially spent about two years in county jail awaiting trial and has been in a residential drug treatment program ever since.
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PTSD Tied to Successful Insanity Defense
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