Phillip Resnick

“command hallucinations … almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings”

Phillip Resnick · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Resnick testified near the end of the trial that Clancy was frankly psychotic and had experienced command hallucinations on the day of the killings.

“She was clearly psychotic on that day.”

Phillip Resnick · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04

Resnick stated that Clancy was clearly psychotic on the day of the crime.

“felt she couldn’t function”

Phillip Resnick · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04

Resnick testified that Clancy's anxiety increased after the birth of her children to the point of impairment.

“At the time of the crime on Jan 24, 2023, Ms Clancy was frankly psychotic,”

Phillip Resnick · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04

Resnick testified that Clancy was psychotic at the time of the crime on January 24, 2023.

“not only a command hallucination”

Phillip Resnick · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

Phillip Resnick testified about the psychological symptoms Lindsay Clancy experienced when she killed her children.

“It was a matter where she was just following the command rather than being able to make any decision to do it or not.”

Phillip Resnick · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

Phillip Resnick explained to jurors that Lindsay Clancy acted under a command hallucination.

“a delusion of influence”

Phillip Resnick · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

Phillip Resnick described the mental state of Lindsay Clancy on the day of the killings.

“In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her doing the mothering,”

Phillip Resnick · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

Phillip Resnick testified about Lindsay Clancy's beliefs and motivations at the time of the killings.

“My opinion is that Ms Clancy was, due to her mental disease, unable to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law on the day that she took the lives of her children,”

Phillip Resnick · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

Phillip Resnick testified regarding Lindsay Clancy's mental state during her murder trial.