 The judges found that the interview raised doubts about the alleged mental incapacity of Pinochet.On 26 August, in a 9 to 8 vote, the Supreme Court upheld the decision.On 2 December, a Santiago Appeals Court stripped Pinochet of immunity from prosecution over the 1974 assassination of General Carlos Prats, his predecessor as Army Commander-in-Chief, who was killed by a car bomb while in exile in Argentina.