Martin's Psychiatry

A psychiatric report was conducted by martin's defence, intended to clarify to the court why an insanity plea was not considered appropriate. It was conducted in hospital on the fourth of may 19 96, and lasted three and a half hours. He presented initially as a normal man cohe a, but with limited vocabulary. The extensive testing revealed a full scale lacu of 66, making intellectually in the lowest one to two % of the population. Although a measure of intelligence is of less practicable significance than functional capacities, it was clear that martin had functioning capabilities. With his money came access to weapons with enormous potential for destruction. Martin functioned in the community, lived independently, albeit with the assistance