Maxey v. State

Appellant was charged, tried by jury, and convicted of first degree murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. He appeals on four grounds:

1. That the evidence of sanity at the time of his alleged criminal acts was insufficient;

2. That the evidence as it relates to the element of premeditation was insufficient;

3. That the trial court erred in permitting the State to dismiss the charge on the morning of trial when the reason for the dismissal was an error in the date of the offense, both in the grand jury indictment and in the State’s untimely answer to appellant’s notice of alibi…