Grundy v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The soundness of several of the announcements made in the original opinion is challenged in the motion.

The former wife of the appellant (Mrs. Ruth Grundy) was called by him as a witness and gave testimony favorable to the accused on the issue of insanity. It appears from her testimony that she was the wife of the appellant for about four years but was divorced from him a short time before the homicide. She detailed many incidents upon which she based her conclusion that he was insane to a degree that he did not know right from wrong. The length…