https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/mental-health/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:45:39 GMT en-us https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-woman-shoots-husband-and-son/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-woman-shoots-husband-and-son/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:35:00 GMT A mother accused of murder and attempted murder will face additional charges in a shooting incident that occurred on Mother’s Day in Tustin Ranch. Annamaria Gana reportedly fired a gun toward her bedroom ceiling. Her husband and teenage son then entered the room. Gana subsequently fired at her husband hitting him in the chest. She…

]]> A mother accused of murder and attempted murder will face additional charges in a shooting incident that occurred on Mother’s Day in Tustin Ranch. Annamaria Gana reportedly fired a gun toward her bedroom ceiling. Her husband and teenage son then entered the room. Gana subsequently fired at her husband hitting him in the chest. She then shot her teenage son in the arm as he was running away. He ran outside and managed to call police. Her youngest son, who is 9 years old manage to wrestle the gun away from his mother. The father of the two boys was found dead inside the home. Gana is facing an additional attempted murder charge and special circumstances murder allegedly because she was lying in wait for her husband. Enhancements were also added, one for personal discharge of a firearm causing death and shooting a gun causing great bodily injury. She could be facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. It is possible that the woman suffered from mental health issues and had recently had her medication changes.

]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/man-who-killed-7-people-seeks-release-from-mental-health-facility/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/man-who-killed-7-people-seeks-release-from-mental-health-facility/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:58:00 GMT Edward Charles Allaway was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a court in 1977 and has been petitioning since 1995 to be released as an out- patient from a mental health facility. He was convicted of killing 7 co-workers using a rifle when he was a janitor at Cal State Fullerton. Allaway’s mental…

]]> Edward Charles Allaway was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a court in 1977 and has been petitioning since 1995 to be released as an out- patient from a mental health facility. He was convicted of killing 7 co-workers using a rifle when he was a janitor at Cal State Fullerton. Allaway’s mental instability led him to think that his co-workers had influenced his wife into acting in adult films. The facility where he is institutionalized had recommended in 2009 that he be released since he was mentally stable. The Orange County District Attorney and relatives of victims were extremely opposed to such a release. The facility then changed its recommendation and a court denied his release. He can file again in one year.

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