Although it is a tactic often seen in movies and in high profile criminal cases, there are some states which do not offer defendants the opportunity to mount a defense based on the reason of insanity. For example, someone using a Monmouth County criminal defense lawyer would be able to mount this defense in New Jersey but for someone living in Idaho or Utah, that same individual would be unable to use a defense based on the idea that he was insane during the committing of an offense. In those states a judge is able to consider a defense's position on insanity during the sentencing period.