RandomUser02
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? South Carolina
My father has been suffering from an unknown mental illness for at least the last year and has recently just commited two counts of assault with intent to kill + firing a firearm within a residental area, but no one (including the victims) believe he was in the right state of mind at the time. He turned himself in once he 'came too' that night and confessed to everything without a lawyer present (infact, he doesn't even have a lawyer yet - i just got him on the list to be assigned a public defender). If the victims testify that he was obviously not in the right state of mind and a mental evalutation diagnoses him with some form of mental illness, will he be eligable for a sentencing at a mental institution rather than a prison? Also, the cops all said that he was being extremely cooperative and that he didnt remember anything. Will his cooperation and turning himself in factor into a lower sentence? Because I believe each assault can carry up to twenty years in prison, and he won't live very long in a prison (sucide / death by defense).
My father has been suffering from an unknown mental illness for at least the last year and has recently just commited two counts of assault with intent to kill + firing a firearm within a residental area, but no one (including the victims) believe he was in the right state of mind at the time. He turned himself in once he 'came too' that night and confessed to everything without a lawyer present (infact, he doesn't even have a lawyer yet - i just got him on the list to be assigned a public defender). If the victims testify that he was obviously not in the right state of mind and a mental evalutation diagnoses him with some form of mental illness, will he be eligable for a sentencing at a mental institution rather than a prison? Also, the cops all said that he was being extremely cooperative and that he didnt remember anything. Will his cooperation and turning himself in factor into a lower sentence? Because I believe each assault can carry up to twenty years in prison, and he won't live very long in a prison (sucide / death by defense).