misguided motivations

Defense says facts hurt prosecution in Cayucos murder case
by Leslie Parrilla
Mar. 26, 2009

"...Defense attorney Jeffry Radding rattled off a list of famous murder cases involving misguided theories by investigators, and compared local prosecutors’ efforts to forcing a square peg into a round hole while defending Matthew Levine of Cayucos on Thursday against a homicide charge...

He is charged with murdering his 84-year-old grandmother, Dorothy Vivian Autrey...

“History is populated with felonious pieces of misguided motivations from cases such as the killing of child pageant star JonBenet Ramsey — whose parents were suspects — to theories on who assassinated President John F. Kennedy. For each possible suspect… there has been a book written about it.”

Don’t let this case be one of those, Radding urged..."