The Question Lindsay Clancy Asked About Andrea Yates

A commenter who studied psychology at the university level has two objections to the Lindsay Clancy defense. Psychosis doesn't surface one second and vanish the next. And a truly psychotic woman wouldn't ask for a lawyer the moment she came out of a coma.
Both are in the record, and both got an answer from witnesses the prosecution called.
Dr. Sejal Shah, testifying for the Commonwealth, agreed on cross that a person can be in psychosis and still communicate and make plans. Defense psychologist Paul Zeizel told the jury hallucinations come and go like waves at the beach. No expert on either side described psychosis as a steady state.
The lawyer question is true. Dr. Jhilam Biswas testified that on Jan. 26, 2023, still intubated, Lindsay wrote on paper that she felt horrified, asked whether she had an attorney, asked where her family was, and asked whether her body was broken. What that shows about her mind two days earlier is for the jury.
The commenter's strongest point is also in the