Walters v. State

— Appellant was prosecuted and convicted upon an indictment in two counts one charging larceny and the other robbery. Appellant filed a plea of insanity. The only questions presented on appeal arise under the motion for a new trial. Several causes for a new trial were assigned but all of such assignments, except those relating to instructions, are waived by appellant’s brief.

1. 2. *1803. *179When the defense of insanity is interposed in a criminal case by a proper plea, the burden rests upon the State to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was sane at the time of the commission of…