Cole v. State

Appellant was informed against, tried and convicted of receiving and of concealing stolen property. His defense hinged on a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On the trial, which was before the court without a jury, the issue of insanity was required to be decided by the judge as the trier of the facts. The evidence, though in conflict, furnished adequate support for the trial judge’s rejection of the insanity defense, and appellant has failed to show ground to disturb the trial court’s decision on that issue.

In determining the cause the trial court proceeded on the “right or wrong”…