LifeSiteNews) — Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan has denied a motion from Lindsay Clancy’s defense team for a required finding of not guilty.
During a brief hearing on Tuesday, Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, had insisted that the judge should immediately find Clancy “not guilty,” arguing that she has never admitted to murdering her three young children.
Reddington also insisted that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient for the jury to reach a guilty verdict, saying the police investigation was “horrendous” while also calling into question the credibility of the prosecution’s expert witnesses.
“There was evidence introduced, both physical and circumstantial, that would permit a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of the charge of murder,” wrote Sullivan, responding to the motion.
Reddington had also previously argued that not one of the prosecution’s “rebuttal doctors were qualified to get on that witness stand and tell the jury their opinion of her mental state, as a result of a psychosis because of postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis.”
“Mental illness alone does not preclude a finding of criminal responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt,” wrote Sullivan in reply.
“The Commonwealth’s theory of criminal responsibility was that when the defendant committed the crime, she did not lack substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality or wrongfulness of her conduct and did not lack the substantial capacity to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law,” Sullivan explained. “In support of this position, the Commonwealth introduced evidence regarding the nature and methods of the killings and the defendant’s actions and demeanor at times surrounding the killings.”
Lindsay Clancy will be back in court on November 2, when other motions by both the defense and prosecution will be considered.
There has been no indication from the prosecution on whether the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will retry Clancy.