State v. Achziger

Defendant was indicted for first degree murder of his wife. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity and, in a trial to the court, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal he contends (1) the court erred in allowing testimony of declarations made by the deceased after she had suffered the fatal injury; (2) that similar declarations contained in hospital records should not have been admitted into evidence; (3) defendant’s plea of insanity should have been allowed; and (4) defendant was denied a fair trial because the state suppressed evidence essential to his…