Sentence examples for considering an insanity from inspiring English sources

His lawyers said they were considering an insanity defense.

His lawyers have said they are considering an insanity defense, although earlier this month a court-ordered exam determined that Mr. Aron was competent to stand trial.

Mr. Troy's lawyer, James P. McCormack, who is considering an insanity defense, said he would seek to subpoena the medical files.

Mr. Soltys's lawyer, Tommy Clinkenbeard, said his client was considering an insanity plea or asking the court to throw out any confession he had made to investigators because he did not have a lawyer present during police interviews.

But Mr. Aron's lawyers, who pleaded not guilty on Mr. Aron's behalf during his arraignment in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Thursday, said that their client's competency simply allows them to proceed and that they were still considering an insanity defense.

An article on Tuesday about the lawyer Jennifer L. McCann, who is defending Levi Aron in a murder case in which she is considering an insanity defense, misstated, in some editions, a plea in another case that Ms. McCann handled in 2009.

Ms. McCann and Mr. Bazile said they would consider an insanity defense, but only after doctors had thoroughly examined Mr. Aron.

Later, outside of court, Mr. Fusco said he would consider an insanity defense if the Passaic County prosecutor attempted to try the teenager as an adult.

Lawyers for Mr. Aron, who has a history of mental illness and had faced a possible life sentence, had considered using an insanity defense if the case went to trial.

Typing your credit-card number into a web page, once considered an act of near insanity, has become routine.

Typing your credit-card number into a web browser was once considered a sign of insanity until Amazon showed how easy and safe buying things online could be.