State v. Wayne

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction, by a jury, of manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged; defendant, a deputy sheriff, did not dispute he shot and killed his wife in the street in front of her family’s home. We affirm.

Defendant asserts the trial court abused its discretion in ordering him to submit to a mental examination by a doctor chosen by the state. The examination was ordered following defendant's disclosure of his intention “to call two (2) psychiatric witnesses to testify concerning the…