Tamera Legal guidelines, Who Killed Grandma with Hammer, Sobs Whereas Testifying

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A Texas girl accused of murdering her grandmother stated she was affected by psychosis when she beat the sufferer with a hammer.

Now, a San Antonio decide is deciding her destiny.

Closing arguments within the homicide trial of Tamera Legal guidelines, 28, ended on Friday, Jan. 31, along with her legal professional saying she ought to be discovered not responsible by cause of madness, KSAT stories.

Psychotic delusions drove Legal guidelines to choke her grandmother, Doris Ruth Novella, 70, stab her after which beat her with a hammer on Feb. 20, 2020, Legal guidelines’ legal professional argued, KSAT stories.

Prosecutors alleged that Legal guidelines’ admitted methamphetamine use led her to kill her grandmother, News4SA stories.

Proof exhibits that “the defendant’s acts have been attributed to her drug use, particularly methamphetamine, which is voluntary and disqualifies her from with the ability to assert the madness protection,” the prosecutor argued.

Legal guidelines grew so emotional throughout cross-examination that the decide gave her two five-minute breaks, News4SA stories.

Novella raised Regulation, who stated she killed her grandmother as a result of she wasn’t in her “proper thoughts” that night time, News4SA stories.

Explaining why she struck her grandmother with a hammer, she stated, “I assumed the [bad] power was on me, so I used to be considering to get it off, I needed to beat it out,” News4SA stories.

“In your proper thoughts, would you’ve accomplished something to hurt her?” her legal professional Anthony Cantrell requested her.

She stated no twice earlier than Cantrell requested her, “Do you know on the time what you have been doing was unsuitable?” in response to News4SA.

“No,” she replied. “No.”

Legal guidelines stated she started listening to voices after she grew to become hooked on meth, the San Antonio Categorical-Information stories.

“I might hear voices in my head telling me that individuals have been attempting to kill me,” she stated. “I used to be like, ‘I do know my grandma’s attempting to kill me.’”

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She informed her legal professional that in her delusional state she believed that her father informed her to kill her grandmother.

He “informed me that if I didn’t kill my grandma, I used to be going to finish up chopped up and despatched to him in a field by Monday,” she claimed, summarizing her alleged mind-set, News4SA stories.

Legal guidelines expressed regret for killing her grandmother and never getting assist.

“I need to say I’m sorry for my grandmother for not sticking to getting assist sooner,” she stated, in response to News4SA. “[I] tried to do it alone power, I failed miserably, and I’m sorry for what occurred.”

Her legal professional didn’t reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

Legal guidelines faces as much as 99 years or life in jail if Choose Catherine Torres Stahl convicts her of homicide, News4SA stories.

If Legal guidelines is discovered not responsible by cause of madness, she will likely be dedicated to a state hospital for an prolonged interval, News4SA stories.