Insanity defense for man who killed mom on Mother's Day
His lawyers said Ricky Timberlake rejected a plea deal, and they will proceed with a defense that he was legally insane or had diminished capacity at the time of his mother's death.
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Police found Jo Dean Timberlake, 82, dead of a gunshot wound inside her home at 812 Durham Road. Her son, Ricky Arlen Timberlake was in the home and unresponsive when police arrived.
In applying for a search warrant, Wake Forest police noted that Ricky Timberlake showed "obvious signs of an attempted suicide by overdose."
His lawyers said Ricky Timberlake rejected a plea deal, and they will proceed with a defense that he was legally insane or had diminished capacity at the time of his mother's death.
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