Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Teen To Plead Insanity in Killing > TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) -- A teen-ager who had been in > counseling for his involvement with a pedophile will > claim he was insane when he killed an 11-year-old boy > selling holiday items for the PTA. > > Sam Manzie, 15, stood with his head bowed and pleaded > innocent Monday to charges in the death Sept. 27 of > Eddie Werner. Manzie's attorneys said they would seek > an insanity defense. > > ``At the time of the incident, he was seeing a > psychiatrist and he was being medicated. You don't have > to be Clarence Darrow to know that's something you > should consider,'' defense lawyer Michael Critchley > said. > > Eddie was selling holiday items door to door when he > came to Manzie's house. Prosecutors say the older boy > attacked Werner, stole his money and killed him. > > The killing occurred three days after Manzie's parents > sought unsuccessfully to have a judge commit the boy to > an institution because of his erratic behavior. > > His mother, Dolores Manzie, has said that he told her: > ``I wasn't killing that little boy. I was killing (my > doctor) because he didn't listen to me.'' > > Manzie is charged with murder, two counts of felony > murder, three counts of aggravated sexual assault, two > counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact and one > count each of robbery and theft. > > He will be tried as an adult, but cannot get the death > penalty because he is a juvenile. He is being held on > $500,000 bail. > > Superior Court Judge Peter J. Giovine gave Manzie's > lawyers 60 days to submit expert reports about his > condition and set a hearing for Aug. 14. > > In addition to psychiatric treatment, Manzie's > involvement with Stephen P. Simmons -- a 43-year-old > man he met in an online chat room -- will likely be > used to bolster his defense. > > Prosecutors say Manzie and Simmons carried on a sexual > relationship with him that included hotel room trysts > and photographs of sex acts. Simmons, of Holbrook, > N.Y., faces nine counts in the case, including sexual > assault. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
