State v. McGrath

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Peter McGrath, charged with capital murder was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

From the partial transcript filed in this court a detailed statement of the evidence is not possible, but appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize a finding that on October 2, 1977, he stabbed Robert Norton Dennis with a knife and inflicted wounds which caused his death.

Appellant’s first point is that Instruction No. 7 is not in compliance with…