A , Mobile County , loop judge Friday found a man accused of attempted murder not guilty by reason of mental illness or flaw in connection with a 2018 stabbing at a popular , Mobile , table.
Robert Chapman, 43, stabbed , Cedric Sutherland , in the chest, back and neck, during an altercation , June 24, 2018 , at Callaghan’s British pub in the , Oakleigh Garden District. The event was recorded on security video.
Another guests at the table helped provide Chapman under command before emergency services arrived. Sutherland survived his injury.
In a five-page purchase, Circuit Judge , Ben H. Brooks  , said evidence showed Chapman “was unable to understand the nature and value of his steps”.
Brooks relied on testimony at demo from Dr.  , Anna Smith, a criminal examiner with the , Alabama Department of Mental Health Forensic Outpatient Program. Smith was not an expert witness called by the defence.
Smith said he had been at the table for about three time before the encounter, and had consumed some drinks. But, Smith testified that Chapman was unable to understand the nature of his works according to post-traumatic stress disorder. Smith is a military senior.
” I may say I’m 99 cent convinced or more. I have to say, this is one of the most defensible instances I have ever seen of PTSD activity when something has occurred”, Smith testified, according to Brooks.
The judge also said the position did not offer any evidence to rebut the treatment.
Brooks ordered that, as a state of Chapman’s discharge, he should never consume alcohol or illegal drugs, and submit to random assessment by the , Alabama Department of Mental Health , or the Veterans ‘ Administration.
In contrast, Chapman had send to , VA , mental health treatment and take any medication prescribed by companies. Brooks likewise ordered information on Chapman’s development every six months.
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