Sanders v. State

The appellant was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for life, and from the judgment of conviction prosecutes this appeal.

The questions argued are such as are said to arise on the ruling denying a new trial, and, conceding but not directly deciding that they are properly presented by the record, we will discuss and decide them.

There was no error in instructing the jury that every man is presumed to be sane and to intend the natural and usual consequences of his own acts.

Our cases settle the rule that voluntary intoxication is no…