Monday, May 20, 2013
Schoolteacher's killer convicted despite illness
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 22, 2013
~~<p>A state judge ruled Thursday that even though Tittleman Fauatea has a long, documented history of mental illness and was probably suffering from mental illness when he fatally stabbed a stranger at Ewa Town Center four years ago, the level of his mental impairment was not substantial enough to qualify him for an insanity acquittal.</p>
<p>Circuit Judge Rom Trader found Fauatea guilty of murder Thursday in the Feb. 27, 2009, stabbing death of Wai­anae High School teacher Asa Yama­shita.</p>
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A state judge ruled Thursday that even though Tittleman Fauatea has a long, documented history of mental illness and was probably suffering from mental illness when he fatally stabbed a stranger at Ewa Town Center four years ago, the level of his mental impairment was not substantial enough to qualify him for an insanity acquittal.
Circuit Judge Rom Trader found Fauatea guilty of murder Thursday in the Feb. 27, 2009, stabbing death of Waianae High School teacher Asa Yamashita. Login for more...
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