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PRECARIOUS PERCH — Bloomington, Minn., policeman Scott Reinhardt exits squad car to respond to a cave-in call at a residence. A four-hour, seven-inch rainfall flooded Min-neapolis-St. Paul, knocked out power to 35,000 and left work crews hauling water away bythe truckload V were still left weather foreca intensity can be once in about 2Jury DeliberatingAllaway's SanityBy LARRY WELBORN Register Staff Writer SANTA ANA — The Superior Court jury in the sanity hearing for convicted mass murderer Edward Charles Allaway deliberated about four hours Wednesday before being sent home for the night.The six-man, six-woman jury has been asked to decide if Alla way, 38, of Anaheim, was legally insane when he shot nine persons, killing seven of them, in a five-minute shooting spree at Cal State Fullerton July 12, 1976.The jury began deliberations at 11:30 a.m. after jurors listened to brief final arguments from chief deputy district attorney James Enright and public defender Ronald Butler. The jurors went home at 4:45 p.m.Enright told jurors he believed they had “nO'other conclusion but to find that this citizen (Allaway) was not insane, but responsible for his acts, and legally sane.”Butler argued that, “If Allaway is not found legally insane in this case, then no one can ever be found legally insane in our system.”Alla way, a former janitor in theuniversity library where the shootings took place, sat emotionless and aloof during the arguments and the jury instructions delivered by Judge Robert Kneeland.Later, Butler said that his client was “exhausted” and was reacting internally to the testimony. “He doesn’t like being told that he is crazy, Butler said.Both attorneys said they felt good about the case, but neither would comment about how long the jury might deliberate.Enright, in his final argument to the jury, criticized the testimony of the five defense psychiatrists who said Allaway is a paranoid schizophrenic who did not know what was happening during the killing spree.He called the psychiatric testimony “gobbledygook” and urged jurors to look at Allaway’s actions and statements during the shootings.Enright reminded the jurors that Allaway purchased the rifle used in the massacre just two days before the killings and asked the salesman if the gun had a propensity to jam.Please See ALLAWAY’S, Page A2insanity Is MeasuredBy 134-Year-Old Rule
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Santa Ana Orange County Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Thu, Sep 01, 1977
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