CJA 354 Week 2 Team Assignment Insanity Defense Paper

On the night of October 18^th, Uma Opee was stabbed thirteen times and bled to death at approximately 11:45p.m.  Cuts and bruises were found on her body and skin particles were found under her fingernails suggesting that a struggle had occurred prior to her death.  Stu Dents is being accused of this brutal attack ending in murder stemming from two eyewitnesses that saw the defendant walk into the victim’s apartment on the afternoon of the murder. (State v. Stu Dents, UOP material, 2012)

Police searched the defendant’s home to find jewelry owned by the victim including a ring that was worn by Opee on a daily basis.  Over 300 photos of the victim were found stapled onto the defendant’s wall, some of which were apparently taken without her knowledge.  In addition, love letters to Opee and a journal were found in the defendant’s apartment.  The journal had Dents’ name inside the front cover and detailed events from meetings with the victim from the day they met, six months prior to the incident, up to the night before the fatal stabbing.  Finally, various drugs were found in the defendant’s home, including ecstasy pills with a “thumbs