"Gabby" > wrote in message
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> Regina v. Parks
>
> I don't remember that he was on medication but I do remember the case very
> well. 1987 -- He was sleepwalking, drove his car about 15 miles to his
> in-laws' house and stabbed MIL to death & also stabbed his FIL, woke up
> before he got back home and drove himself to the police station. He was
> found "not guilty" of both murder and attempted murder a year later. The
> case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court where the verdict of
> 'not guilty' was upheld in 1992.
>
> You can read about it here, with a link to the Supreme Court decision.

OOPS, forgot to give the link

http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmona...eep-murder.htm