Georgia court rules medication evidence cannot be used to refute insanity defense in fatal crash.
In a recent ruling, the highest court in Georgia decided that the state cannot use evidence of a woman stopping her psychiatric medication to challenge her insanity defense in a fatal car crash case. Michelle Wierson caused a devastating crash in DeKalb County, resulting in the death of a 5-year-old boy. Despite agreement on Wierson's role in the crash, her attorneys sought an insanity defense due to her mental illness. Expert assessments supported her claim. The court emphasized that the law allows for an insanity defense regardless of how the mental state was brought about. Wierson's lawyer hopes this ruling will resolve the case without going to trial. Prosecutors remain committed to seeking justice for the victim's family.
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