P. v. Chambers CA2/7
Anthony Chambers shot and killed Alan Thomas, a bus driver, because a computer in his brain told him to do it. Chambers, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before committing the crime, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury convicted Chambers of first degree murder during the guilt phase of his trial, but could not reach a verdict on his sanity. At the second sanity trial, two expert witnesses testified Chambers was legally insane when he killed Thomas because he could not distinguish right from wrong at the time of the shooting. Another expert, however, disagreed and concluded Chambers was legally sane. The jury found Chambers sane, and the trial court sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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