Washington v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The jury rejected appellant’s plea of insanity and sentenced him to life in prison. For reversal, he argues the trial court should have declared a mistrial or directed a continuance because he was deprived of the opportunity to cross-examine the examining psychiatrist at the Arkansas State Hospital and because he was not furnished a copy of the admission diagnosis, both in violation of the court’s discovery order. The arguments cannot be sustained.

Appellant was accused of the deliberate homicide of his former…