April 30 1970, Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, was arrested for murder after he stabbed a club manager during an argument over a contract.

Twiggs Lyndon

April 30 1970, Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, was arrested for murder after he stabbed a club manager during an argument over a contract. At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident and that touring with the Allman Brothers would drive anyone insane. Lyndon was acquitted.










Twiggs Defense

One night in the 1970s, the Allman Brothers arrived at a club in Buffalo, New York to play a gig. They were fifteen minutes late.
When the club's owner refused to pay them, a roadie named Twiggs Lyndon stabbed him three times with a fishing knife. The man died of his injuries and Lyndon was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. 

At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident; touring with the Allman Brothers, they declared, would drive anyone insane.
Bassist Berry Oakley was called to the stand and, though he was barely coherent and had to run to the bathroom several times to vomit, he did manage to answer a few questions:
"Did you take any dope in the last month?"
"Uh-huh."
"In the last week?"
"Oh yeah." 
"What about the last hour?"
"You bet." Incredibly, Lyndon was acquitted.
Source

The Allman Brothers





The Music of The Allman Brothers