On Assignment: “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity”

JERSEY CITY, N.J., JUNE 1, 2011 — Elgin Louis Taylor Jr., of Jersey City, is found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2008 killing of Michael Fuccile, of Metuchen, at Hudson County Superior Court in Jersey City. At left is his laywer, Don Gardner. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Assistant Prosecutor Al Rozzi questions the prosecution’s psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Paul Greenfield’s about his findings regarding Elgin Louis Taylor Jr.’s mental state. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The prosecution’s psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Paul Greenfield testifies as to his findings regarding Elgin Louis Taylor Jr.’s mental state, as Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan listens. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Elgin Louis Taylor Jr., with his lawyer, Don Gardner, answers Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan’s questions during the hearing. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Michael Fuccile’s wife, Nancy, center, reads her statement during the hearing. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Joan Fuccile holds a framed photograph of her son, Michael Fuccile, and his family in court. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Christine Dovner, embraces a photograph of her brother, Michael Fuccile. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Michael Fuccile’s mother, Joan, reads her statement in court, as his wife, Nancy, center, and sister, Christine Dovner, listen. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Wearing a necklace with his son’s photograph, Michael Fuccile Sr. reads his statement in court with his daughter, Christine Dovner, by his side. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Michael Fuccile Sr. is overcome with emotion after reading his statement in court. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Michael Fuccile’s father-in-law, William Reynolds, asks Elgin Louis Taylor Jr., right, to take a good look at a photo of his son and to “not forget.” (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Hudson County Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan sentences Elgin Louis Taylor Jr. to be confined to a mental hospital and evaluated periodically until such as time as he was not a danger to himself and the community. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Elgin Louis Taylor Jr. is led out of the courtroom after the hearing. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)