Court Opinion

ID: 9686573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 15:56:15.257508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:20.370271
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Fairchild, J.
(dissenting). There is'very little evidence suggesting that mental illness or defect caused defendant to kill his wife. There is so little evidence that in my opinion the inadvertent error in instructions given upon the issue of the insanity, defense was not prejudicial. If some test more liberal than the M’Naghten test be proper, the evidence suggesting mental illness or defect was so slight that failure to instruct on the more-liberal test would not be prejudicial. I would affirm the judgment.
I am authorized to state that Mr. Chief Justice Martin and Mr. Justice Broadfoot join in this dissent.