THE MAN ACCUSED OF STRANGLING AND MURDERING A HOLLISTER WOMAN IN 2007 HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. SAMUEL TURNER WAS COMMITTED TO A STATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AFTER BEING FOUND MENTALLY INCOMPETENT. TURNER‘S RELEASE FROM FACILITY IS DEPENDENT ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH. IF TURNER WAS FOUND GUILTY IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL, HE WOULD HAVE FACED 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.
