Saturday, September 13, 2008

State Supreme Court hears Michael Carneal's motion for a new trial

This from WAVE3 TV:

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Eleven years ago he opened fire at Heath High School in Paducah, killing three classmates and wounding five others. Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments in the Michael Carneal case. He wants a new trial, saying he was insane at the time of the shooting and should not have been able to enter a guilty plea. WAVE 3's Carrie Weil was in the courtroom at the Brandeis School of Law on the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus.

WAVE3 TV Video:

Carneal sits in prison serving a life sentence. It is the revelations he made in prison that landed his case in front of a packed courtroom.

"He has never until recently, 2004, spoke about the danes, spoke about the angel named Goose that came down while he was sleeping in his living room," said David Harshaw, Carneal's attorney. "He had never spoken about that command hallucinations at the time caused him to do what he did,"

Two doctors found Carneal mentally ill in 1998, but competent to enter a guilty plea. Since filing those mental competency reports, and with the new evidence and more examination, they have changed their minds....

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