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That's not uncommon as the defense latches on to that when they can. Defendants who are criminally insane cannot be convicted of a crime, because criminal conduct involves the conscious intent to do wrong -- a choice that the criminally insane cannot meaningfully make.A Houston woman’s body is still missing a year after her former roommate was charged with murder.
A year to the day since Brittany Burfield vanished from her Southwest Houston home, her alleged murderer remains in jail, but her body has never been found.
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Valentine says she’s been to every court hearing, including the last one, where the defense filed a motion she wasn’t expecting.
“An evaluation for criminal insanity, and that just rocked my world,” said Valentine. “I couldn’t get out of that court house fast enough and get to my truck, and I just fell apart.”
The next hearing in the case is July 2.
Valentine planned to have a celebration of life for her daughter the night of June 25, 2019.
Mom of missing woman opens up a year after her disappearance, still no closure