Table 1

Summary of Cases

Case	Year of Murder	Defendant Cult Leader or Member	NGRI Defense Raised	NGRI Defense Successful	Diagnoses
People v. Manson⁹	1969	Both	No	N/A
Nebraska v. Michael Ryan¹⁰	1985	Leader	Yes	No	Paranoid schizophrenia
Nebraska v. Dennis Ryan^11–13	1985	Member	Yes	No	Dependent personality disorder, shared paranoia, and shared psychotic disorder
Ohio v. Lundgren^15,16	1989	Leader	No	N/A	Mixed personality disorder with features of narcissism, paranoia, and antisocial traits, a severe character disorder, delusional disorder, mixed type (with grandiose and persecutory themes), and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified
Ohio v. Luff^18,19	1989	Member	Yes	No
People v. Vieira²⁰	1990	Member	No	N/A
Washington v. Applin²¹	1997	Member	Yes	No
Commonwealth v. Robidoux^22,23	1999	Member	No	N/A