Plough v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. At trial, he asserted the defense of insanity. On appeal, he challenges the jury’s implicit finding against this affirmative defense, and argues that no rational trier of fact could have found that he failed to establish his insanity by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

A recitation of those facts relevant to the defense of insanity is necessary. The facts surrounding the offense are basically undisputed. Appellant and his brother, Lonnie Plough, were both machinists at the same…