TY - JOUR T1 - The Slayer Statute and Insanity JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 258 LP - 262 VL - 38 IS - 2 AU - Jennifer Piel AU - Gregory B. Leong Y1 - 2010/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/38/2/258.abstract N2 - It is common law that persons cannot benefit from their crimes. For this reason, most states have enacted slayer rules that prevent a killer from sharing in the victim's estate. However, terms in the slayer rules, such as willful and unlawful, can be difficult to apply, as illustrated by the situation in which a slayer is found not guilty by reason of insanity. The Washington Supreme Court has recently addressed whether a man who killed his mother and was then found not guilty by reason of insanity in criminal court can inherit a portion of his mother's estate. ER -