Blog: ‘I’m pleading insanity,’ suspect in Trader Joe’s shootout tells judge – Los Angeles Times

As the prosecutor read the first count — Corado’s murder — a woman seated toward the front of the courtroom, who identified herself as one of the hostages, let out a long sigh. The second count read was the attempted murder of Mary Madison — “your grandmother,” the prosecutor told Atkins. He stared expressionless from behind a wooden partition.