I think that is what will be legally the finding, but I am not legally trained so its just my opinion.
Chris's whole internet history is a bizzare and so out of the ordinary that not even the greatest fiction writers would come up with the insanity he did. What sane or relatively sane person would believe that by touching a Sega Dreamcast they can transport to another world, that the Hyperdimenion Neptunia characters where coming alive and wandering the Ukraine, that CWC exists, that Sonichu and Rose-Chu exist, that he can swap bodies and what not, that his dead father exists in this make believe dream would, and that numerous women/girls want to talk to him and be his girlfriend. We don't really know even if the prostitute that Chris paid for existed or not and wasn't a figment of his demented brain. The fact is that this craziness has been documented for YEARS, showcasing a pattern of delusional and bizarre behavior, should have pointed out that he should have been incarcerated much early in live but wasn't due to Barb and Bob's influence.
I agree with your point, I don't think he is anywhere near as incompetent as some want to view him, but I am considering the possibility just for the sake of speculating on where it would end up. I do think it's ludicrous to think Bella & her friends would get a substantial share of blame in this situation. If being stupid was a defense, there would be a lot less people in jail.
I'm just going to quote myself quoting the informative posts from actual legal professions
in this thread that clarify exactly why Chris will
not be found legally insane (which is the only way he is sent to an institution instead of prison after the trial):
To quote the knowledgeable posts from legal professionals in the law thread:
doubtful considering the high bar that is a defendant proving they were too insane to understand that what they were doing was wrong or that they literally couldn't resist the impulse to do it. This would entirely have to be on chris to prove, and from text messages that could be subpoena'd that we already know about, he was fully aware of the fact that what he was doing was wrong, attempts to conceal the act, lies regarding it, etc. Best case for Chris is a diminished capacity guilty rather than NGRI.
FINE, BUT CHRIS IS CRAZY. THEY'LL JUST GET HIM OFF WITH AN INSANITY DEFENSE.
Not exactly. You see, legal insanity actually has a specific meaning. Again, it's gonna maybe vary a bit in Virginia but essentially the standard is that you were so insane at the time of the crime that you couldn't appreciate what you were doing and that what you were doing was wrong.
It's perfectly possible to be screamingly clinically insane and yet legally sane. I've seen it. A lot. This can mean you're not competent to stand trial and assist in your own defense, but all that means is the action is halted while we send you to an institution for treatment and once you're stabilized we get you back and finish it up.
Chris can be a massively insane retard with a room temp IQ, but to be declared NGRI, he needs to meet the requirements of being legally insane. Which given the fact that Chris demonstrated premeditation (buying condoms, the sex book), and concealed his actions (being cryptic with Null) shows that he understood that his actions were wrong, which means he doesn't meet the criteria for being legally insane. Which isn't to say that he might not be sent to an institution pre-trial until he's stable enough enough to actually stand trial (if necessary), but after the trial, he won't be sent to an institution. If he's not set free, it'll be jail.
Chris could literally chop his cock off with a shiv in prison, get nude in the courthouse, shit on the judge's desk, and then eat the shit off the table, and it would not result in him being sent to a mental institution
instead of prison after the trial. They would instead suspend the trial, send Chris to a mental institution until he is stable enough to stand trial, then resume the trial.
He could develop full on Schizophrenia tomorrow, and all that would mean is that he would be given whatever daily anti-psychotic medication he is prescribed in prison with his meals. There are plenty of medicated psychos in regular prison.
The only way you get sent to the looney bin
instead of prison (rather than just as a pit stop so that the trial can resume) is if you're found
legally insane, which has a strict, limited definition that by no means encompasses what most people would classify as insanity. Chris was aware what he was doing was wrong, and he had the mental ability to resist doing so.
Thus, it is extremely unlikely Chris will be found NGRI and be sent to a institution after the trial. Instead, if he throws a big enough mental fit, they'll stop the trial, send him to an institution where they'll turn him into a chilled out zombie with daily doses of anti-psychotics, then ship him back to finish the trial, and then (if convicted) sent him to regular prison where he'll continue to be given the medication.