and the same is true of some of the witnesses he has put on the stand.”
But I’m going to have some people talk to you who do know about it. These are reputable doctors, who are experts in this problem.”
When you have heard their testimony, I’m sure that it will cast a whole different light on what Mr. Brennan has had to say.”
Mr. Brennan has talked about my client’s guilt in committing these terrible crimes. That’s a very important point. Guilt.
For murder in the first degree to be proved, there must be not only a guilty act, but also a guilty intention.
I will show you that there was no guilty intention, because Ashley Patterson was not in control at the time the crimes occurred.
She was totally unaware that they were taking place.
Some eminent doctors are going to testify that Ashley Patterson has two additional personalities, or alters, one of them a controlling one.”
David looked into the faces of the jurors. They seemed to be swaying in front of him. He squeezed his eyes shut for an instant.
“The American Psychiatric Association recognizes multiple personality disorder.
So do prominent physicians around the world who have treated patients with this problem.”
One of Ashley Patterson’s personalities committed murder, but it was a personality—an alter—over which she had no control.
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