Overview
- Lindsay Clancy’s case, which drew a key ruling Monday, will proceed as one trial after the judge said guilt and criminal responsibility overlap.
- Judge William F. Sullivan wrote that splitting phases would blur what jurors can hear and force repeat testimony, so a single trial is clearer and more efficient.
- The court has set a forensic psychological exam for April 10–12 and a status hearing on April 23, with jury selection scheduled to begin July 20.
- Clancy has pleaded not guilty to killing her three children in 2023 and plans an insanity defense that cites postpartum mental illness and heavy prescribing.
- If jurors return a verdict of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, state law would commit her to a psychiatric hospital for periodic reviews rather than release her.