People v. Deneweth

The defendant Robert Deneweth shot and killed Bernice E. Browski. The information charged the crime of first-degree murder. MCLA § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). The jury convicted the defendant of second-degree murder. MCLA § 750.317 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.549).

At the trial the defendant took the stand. He admitted that he fired a gun at the victim but denied he “intended” to shoot her.

By expert psychiatric testimony he sought to prove that he acted under an “irresistible impulse” and was insane at the time of the commission of the offense.1

The defendant claims on appeal that the…