Murder Attempt Prozac 07/06/1991 Washington Man Attempts to Murder Girlfriend
Murder Attempt	Prozac	1991-06-07	Washington	Man Attempts to Murder Girlfriend

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Summary:<br><br><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><strong>Second paragraph reads:&nbsp; &quot;</strong>The White Center man claimed tha</font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><strong>t fluoxetine, known as Prozac, caused him to severely beat Joyce Terry. &quot;<br /></strong>_________________________________________________________________<br /><br /></font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><strong>MAN GETS 10-YEAR PRISON TERM FOR 6-HOUR ASSAULT OF GIRLFRIEND <br /></strong>P-I Staff and News Services <br />135 words<br />7 June 1991<br />Seattle Post-Intelligencer<br />FINAL<br />b4<br />English<br /><br />Raymond Stokes, who pleaded guilty two months ago to a charge of attempted <strong>murder</strong> for the six-hour assault of his girlfriend, asked for leniency and blamed the attack on anti-depressant medication. King County Superior Judge Anthony Wartnik Wednesday rejected Stokes&#39; claim and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, the maximum allowed. <br /><br />The White Center man claimed that fluoxetine, known as <strong>Prozac</strong>, caused him to severely beat Joyce Terry. <br /><br />Terry was strangled, had her wrists and arms cut and nearly all her hair pulled out during the March 30 assault in the apartment she shared with Stokes. <br /><br />Wartnik said there is no medical evidence that <strong>Prozac</strong> causes violent behavior. bt/pm sentence assault </font></font> 
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