Lawyer for 'Killer Nanny' insists she's crazy, unfit to stand trial
The attorney for Yoselyn Ortega, who is accused of murdering two small children, had been declared mentally fit to stand trial by court doctors, but now she and her lawyer are challenging the court's findings.
By Shayna Jacobs / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 1:00 AM
Yoselyn Ortega is charged with stabbing to death two children in her care when she was their nanny. / Jefferson Siegel for New York Daily News
“Killer Nanny” Yoselyn Ortega is too crazy for trial, her lawyer is insisting, defying findings to the contrary.
Ortega said nothing in court Tuesday, when attorney Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg said she would challenge the finding by court doctors that Ortega, accused of murdering two small kids in her care on Oct. 25, was fit to proceed.
“We’re controverting that, of course, your honor,” Van Leer-Greenberg said.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro adjourned the case to May 21 “to see if you have the necessary witnesses” for a hearing on the matter, he told the lawyer.
A hearing on the matter could be held by mid-June, Carro added.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...sts-crazy-unfit-stand-trial-article-1.1337881
LOL .....All these hearings is why trials take so long to get started. I hate defense attorneys and their delay tactics.
Thanks for the news!The Lulu & Leo fund on FB released the announcement that Marina is pregnant!!! Joy to them, and blessings.
I don't think for one moment she lost touch with reality. For all we know she could have been planning this months in advance. The so-called appointments with a psychologist could have been on purpose to set her stage for an insanity defense.
The relationship between an employer-domestic staff is not easy. The personal nature of someone working in your home or taking care of your children is totally different from the corporate/office environment. One might say the employee is part of their family, but in reality that is not feasible.
IMO she is nothing but a cold-blooded murderer who killed innocent children. I don't think she EVER cared for the well-being of them, she wanted to get as many perks out of the Krims as she could.
Lawyer for 'Killer Nanny' insists she's crazy, unfit to stand trial
The attorney for Yoselyn Ortega, who is accused of murdering two small children, had been declared mentally fit to stand trial by court doctors, but now she and her lawyer are challenging the court's findings.
By Shayna Jacobs / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 1:00 AM
Yoselyn Ortega is charged with stabbing to death two children in her care when she was their nanny. / Jefferson Siegel for New York Daily News
“Killer Nanny” Yoselyn Ortega is too crazy for trial, her lawyer is insisting, defying findings to the contrary.
Ortega said nothing in court Tuesday, when attorney Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg said she would challenge the finding by court doctors that Ortega, accused of murdering two small kids in her care on Oct. 25, was fit to proceed.
“We’re controverting that, of course, your honor,” Van Leer-Greenberg said.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro adjourned the case to May 21 “to see if you have the necessary witnesses” for a hearing on the matter, he told the lawyer.
A hearing on the matter could be held by mid-June, Carro added.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...sts-crazy-unfit-stand-trial-article-1.1337881