mark david chapman has plead guilty by reason of the insanity to the killing of john lennon. to the sr. prize of everyone in the courtroom, chapman pled guilty and was sentenced to 20 years to life. he never stood trial. my reaction was disappointmentment. i was disappointed because i thought that there were lessons to be learned for this case. lessons that ken holgrief still cites to this day. the most common impression that one gets when you hear people talk about the murder of john lennon is they refer to a crazed beatle fan. he wasn t crazed. but you re saying a trial would have proved that this was not about a crazed john lennon fan. correct. this guy was a killer and he was going to kill anybody just to become famous. yes, he is guilty of a heinous murder. do you think that he would kill again? i think it is possible. you never know what is going to happen.
something he perceived to be phony, something he was angry at, to become something he wasn t, to become somebody. former assistant district attorney kim hogrefe doesn t buy it for a minute. left the courthouse with no comment. if he was obsessed with anything, it was bringing attention to himself. he was narcissistic, he was grandiose, he wanted to bring attention to himself. the fact that john lennon was the victim here was simply because john lennon was available, publicly available, and others were not. he wasn t crazed. he wasn t obsessed. he wasn t entitled to the insanity defense. we felt he was criminally responsible, that he did not have a mental disease or defect, and that whatever his mental state was, it did not prevent him from knowing the nature of his conduct and that it was wrong. with the evidence at hand, a grand jury indictment is expected. on june 22nd, 1981, just over six months after the murder and the day his trial is set to begin, chapman changes his pl
phony, something he was angry at, to become something he wasn t, to become somebody. former assistant district attorney kim hogrefe doesn t buy it for a moment. if he was obsessed with anything it was bringing attention to himself. he was narcissistic, he was grandiose. he wanted to bring attention to himself. the fact that john lennon was the victim here is simply because john lennon was available, publicly available, and others were not. he wasn t crazed. he wasn t obsessed. he was not entitled to the insanity defense. we felt that he was criminally responsible, and he did not have a mental disease or defect, and that whatever his mental state was, it did not prevent him from knowing the nature of his conduct and that it was wrong. with the evidence at hand, a grand jury indictment is expected on june 22nd, 1981, just over six months after the murder and the day his trial is set to