Hall v. State

Defendant killed Martha Henderson, and in due course was convicted of murder in the first degree. The state's evidence furnished ample support’ for the finding of the jury. Defendant pleaded “not guilty,” and specially “not guilty by reason of insanity” (Code, § 7170), and it will be considered for the purposes of this appeal that there was evidence tending to support each of these pleas. Many exceptions wore reserved at the trial and have been considered as required by the statute; but able counsel have briefed the case for defendant, and there is no need for the specific treatment of…