Friday, July 27, 2012

Wisconsin National Guard Sergeant not guilty reason of insanity

Iraq veteran not guilty reason of insanity
Article by: BILL McAULIFFE
Star Tribune
Updated: July 27, 2012

A two-time Iraq war veteran who was denied admission to the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center hours before going on a car-jacking spree and jumping in front of highway traffic has been found not guilty by reason of insanity by a Dakota County judge.

Blake Uddin, 31, a Wisconsin National Guard sergeant who worked on communications equipment during two deployments to Iraq, was found guilty of three counts of attempted robbery and one count of theft for the string of incidents last Aug. 23.

But District Court Judge David Knutson, who heard the case instead of a jury, also ruled that Uddin was so mentally disturbed at the time that he didn't know what he was doing, or that it was wrong.
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