article_snippet.sent: Andrew Steele, 40, has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease in the shooting deaths last August of a former sheriff's deputy in Wisconsin wife, 39-year-old Ashlee Steele, and her 38-year-old sister, Kacee Tollefsbol, of Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
article_snippet.sent: Taking the stand for the defense on Day 2 of the insanity phase of a former sheriff's deputy in Wisconsin trial  Dr. Doug Tucker testified that a rambling note Steele wrote about suicide and sexual relations with Steele wife and sister-in-law is delusional and shows Steele's brain was deteriorating because of ALS.
article_snippet.sent: Doug Tucker said that was the reason Steele killed the two and that Doug Tucker was 'unable to conform Doug Tucker conduct to the law.'
article_snippet.sent: Back in court: On Day of Doug Tucker insanity trial, former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy Andrew Steele, 40, was wheeled into the courtroom to hear testimony from a forensic psychiatrist and Doug Tucker sister-in-law .
article_snippet.sent: And on Tuesday, the defense kicked things off detailing Steele's condition and how science will prove Steele not responsible.
article_snippet.sent: The State asked all witnesses if Steele had memory issues before that day in August, and they all said no.
article_snippet.sent: Steele argued last month that Steele was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to first-degree intentional homicide charges because Steele could not resist impulses .
article_snippet.sent: The missive was last edited on Steele’s phone just after 6am August 22.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Tucker testified that there is no evidence to support Steele's claims that Steele had been in a three-way relationship with Steele wife and sister-in-law.
article_snippet.sent: Steele’s last memory from that day, according to Steele’s attorney, is of Steele’s trying to find a pair of scissors to cut the restraint around Steele’s wife’s neck.
article_snippet.sent: Steele’s then blacked out and awakened later in a hospital bed with a tube down Steele’s throat.
article_snippet.sent: Unable to speak, the 40-year-old wrote notes asking if Steele’s had been in a car accident and inquiring after his wife.
article_snippet.sent: In his letter, Andrew Steele lamented that collected funds were not enough to cover collected funds family's expenses.  .
highlights_snippet.sent: Andrew Steele has plead not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Andrew Steele attorney said Andrew Steele's last memory from day of killings was looking for scissors to cut zip tie from around Andrew Steele wife's neck during bondage sex .