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1. caselaw.findlaw.com › court › tx-court-of-appealsYATES v. STATE TEXAS (2005) | FindLaw

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   Jan 6, 2005 · A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes visit FindLaw's Learn About the Law. Go to Learn About the Law. YATES v. STATE TEXAS (2005) Docket No: Nos. 01-02-00462-CR, 01-02-00463-CR.

2. engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu › cgi › viewcontentThe Andrea Yates Case: Insanity on Trial

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   After her fourth son, Luke, was born on February 25, 1999, Mrs. Yates felt overwhelmed and depressed. She knew through a “feeling” that Satan wanted her to kill her children. On June 18, 1999, Mrs. Yates took an overdose of medication to take her own life rather than risk harming her children.

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3. www.thelancet.com › journals › lancetMental health and justice: the case of Andrea Yates

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   Dec 2, 2006 · Faith McLellan reviews the case and its implications for mental health in the criminal justice system. The facts about what took place on the morning of June 20, 2001, in the suburban home of Russell (Rusty) and Andrea Yates, in Houston, TX, were never in dispute. At around 0900 h the children had finished their breakfast, and their father had ...

   • Author: Faith McLellan

   • Publish Year: 2006

4. psychnews.psychiatryonline.org › doi › fullInsanity Plea Successful In Andrea Yates Retrial ...

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   Aug 18, 2006 · AP Photo/POOL/KTRK. Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted in 2002 of killing her five children, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a retrial after her original convictions were overturned earlier this year. Shortly after the July 26 verdict, Yates was transferred to Vernon State Hospital, a maximum-security state mental health ...

5. txarchives.org › utlaw › finding_aidsGuide to the Reporter's Record, Yates v. State of Texas , No ...

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   Feb 18, 2002 · Record of the proceedings in the criminal case against Andrea Pia Yates in the 230th Criminal Court, Harris County, Texas for two counts of capital murder in the drowning deaths of her five children. Yates, who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The 2002 verdict was overturned on appeal.

6. www.quimbee.com › cases › yates-v-stateYates v. State, 171 S.W.3d 215 (2005): Case Brief Summary

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   Get Yates v. State, 171 S.W.3d 215 (2005), Court of Appeals of Texas, case facts, key issues, and holdings and reasonings online today. Written and curated by real attorneys at Quimbee.

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   Did Andrea Yates know what she was doing was wrong?

   • Andrea Yates “might have known in the abstract that what she was doing was wrong, but she still thought it was the right thing to do.” Her case, he says, vividly illustrates the limitations of the justice system to deal with mentally ill defendants.

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   Did Mrs Yates know that killing her children was against the law?

   • Dr. Dietz and I agreed that Mrs. Yates knew that killing her children was against the law. She waited until she was alone with the children because she knew that neither her mother-in-law nor her husband would approve of her drowning them.

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   Why was Mrs Yates not convicted?

   • After the jury deliberated for 12 hours, they found Mrs. Yates not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury foreman, Todd Frank, stated to a television interviewer, “We understand that she knew it was legally wrong. But in her delusional mind . . . we believed that she thought what she did was right.”

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   What if Mrs Yates did not act?

   • She believed that if she did not act, her children would burn in hell for all eternity. If she did take their lives before the age of accountability, her children would be with God in heaven for all eternity. Mrs. Yates believed that taking her children’s lives was the right thing to do in the face of this dilemma. VI. J URY R EACTION

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8. academic.oup.com › book › 32867Andrea Yates | Insanity: Murder, Madness, and the Law ...

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   After a lengthy courtship, Kennedy married Yates in 1993. Taking her husband’s surname, the 28-year-old Texan became Andrea Yates. During the first 6 years of their marriage, Andrea Yates gave birth to four children: Noah in 1994, John in 1995, Paul in 1997, and Luke in 1999. Andrea left her nursing career in 1994 to care for the children.