Minnesota specialist to give take on PTSD in Horner trial
Defense attorneys hoping to build insanity defense
October 12, 2011
By Kay Stephens
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Attorneys representing Nicholas A. Horner are turning to a St. Paul, Minn., psychologist who may be able to help them build a not guilty by reason of insanity defense in a double-homicide case.
Ernest Boswell, a specialist in post-traumatic stress disorders who has worked with veterans since 1998, is being asked to review materials related to Horner's alleged actions on April 6, 2009, when police said Horner killed two people and wounded a third during the robbery of an Eldorado sandwich shop and the subsequent police pursuit.
Boswell's identification was revealed in the latest court documents filed Friday, which led Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva to delay Horner's trial until January and set a pre-trial hearing for Oct. 18. The trial was supposed to start next week with jury selection.
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