Found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982, Hinckley no longer suffers from the depression and delusional behavior that led to an obsession with actress Jodie Foster and an attempted assassination of the president, Paul Montalbano, a hospital psychologist, said in federal court. Hinckley said at the time that he shot Reagan to impress Foster.

WASHINGTON (AP)—A psychologist testified Monday that presidential assailant John Hinckley should be allowed to spend some weekends at his parents' home in Virginia, a three-hour drive from the hospital where he has spent more than two decades for shooting President Reagan and four other people.

Found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982, Hinckley no longer suffers from the depression and delusional behavior that led to an obsession with actress Jodie Foster and an attempted assassination of the president, Paul Montalbano, a hospital psychologist, said in federal court. Hinckley said at the time that he shot Reagan to impress Foster.

With Hinckley, his parents and his brother looking on, Montalbano said visits would be extremely therapeutic and the psychologist asserted there is a low risk that Hinckley would be a danger to himself or others.