State v. Grantham

MORGAN, Judge.

On recommendation of the Court of Appeals, Springfield District, this cause was ordered transferred to this court prior to opinion, pursuant to Art. V, § 10, of the Constitution of Missouri, V.A.M.S. and Supreme Court Rule 83.06, V.A.M.R.

By information filed December 17, 1970, appellant was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of his wife on December 17, 1968.1 At his arraignment in circuit court on December 17, 1970, appellant was represented by counsel and he entered pleas of (1) not guilty and (2) not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect excluding…