State v. Breyer

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of murder of the first degree. Appellant Breyer shot one Oscar Taylor in the face, inflicting a mortal wound, shot him a second time in the chest, and then, as he lay upon the ground, shot him a third time in the back. In defense of his act appellant relied upon self-defense and insanity. He also introduced testimony to the effect that he believed deceased had improper designs on his wife and introduced evidence which he said caused him to entertain this belief. This included his own testimony that, just before the killing, he had seen deceased…