Armstrong v. Armstrong
Mississippi Supreme Court
170 So.3d 510 (2015)
Relevant factsFree
Paranoid schizophrenic John (defendant) killed his mother and was found not competent to stand trial for murder; the probate court voided his inheritance under Mississippi's Slayer Statute without ever determining his actual mental state at the time of the killing, relying instead on his later, separate incompetency finding.
IssueFree
Whether, in most jurisdictions, slayer statutes prevent an insane person who killed someone from inheriting from the victim.