ALBANY – A man who thought he was King Arthur and killed his victim after escaping from a mental institution is entitled to a third trial, an appellate panel in Albany ruled yesterday.
For the second time, the Appellate Division, Third Department, said William Demagall was denied a fair trial on his insanity claim and sent the matter back to Columbia County, this time due to conflicting and potentially biased testimony of the prosecution’s psychiatric expert.
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