OAKLAND — As a part of a plea settlement, a Livermore man has admitted to fatally stabbing his father inside their residence, however prosecutors and the protection agree that he was mentally incapacitated on the time of the homicide, courtroom information present.
Timothy Younger, 28, pleaded no contest in December to a rely of second diploma homicide, and attorneys on each side stipulated that he was not responsible by motive of madness. The settlement signifies that Younger might be held in a psychological well being facility for as much as the period of time he’d have served in jail for a similar offense, which is 15 years to life. It additionally means he might be launched if docs agree his psychological capability is restored.
Younger was arrested on Jan. 2, 2021, after he known as 911, claimed to have been sexually assaulted, and advised the dispatcher his father — Edward Tsung Yung Younger — was useless. Responding officers discovered Yung Younger useless from stab wounds. Younger was additionally handled for wounds to his fingers and stomach, although docs decided the accidents may have been self-inflicted, courtroom information present.
Younger’s mom later advised police that he had schizophrenia and had just lately stopped taking his drugs. Two days earlier, he had “wrapped his arm round his mother’s neck from behind and squeezed” till Yung Younger made him cease, police stated in courtroom information. Relations additionally advised authorities Younger had advised them just lately skilled delusions about his mom having an affair with their landlord, and that voices in his head had been instructing him to kill his father.
To ensure that a defendant to be discovered not responsible by motive of madness, it have to be established that they didn’t perceive the character of their act, or that they didn’t perceive it was improper on the time.
In homicide circumstances, it's uncommon for prosecutors to stipulate to a defendant’s psychological incapacity. However when it does occur, it’s normally in circumstances like this, involving a member of the family with a extreme psychological sickness who kills a cherished one. In 2020, for example, a Brentwood man was allowed to plead not responsible by motive of madness within the dying of his mom, who he attacked inside a restroom within the household residence.
Elsewhere in Alameda County, a jury is at the moment tasked with deciding whether or not Dana Rivers, a 67-year-old transgender rights activist, had full psychological capability when she murdered three relations inside their Oakland residence. Rivers was convicted of homicide and arson through the guilt part of her trial final November.