State v. Watts

Defendant is charged with the crime of murder, was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to be hanged.

On appeal he has presented seven bills of exceptions for review by this court.

Bills 1 and 2.

These bills are identical. When defendant was called for trial on January 23, 1930, his counsel moved to withdraw his plea of not guilty, entered on January 10, 1930, and tendered in lieu thereof a plea of insanity at the time of the commission of the homicide.

The state's attorney objected to this plea on the ground that it came too late. This objection was sustained by the judge a quo for the…