State v. Miller

DUNN, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from- his conviction in the Second Judicial Circuit Court of first degree manslaughter. Trial was had by jury commencing January 27, 1975, with the jury returning its verdict on January 30,1975. On appeal, defendant seeks a new trial. He alleges that the trial court erred in three respects: (1) in refusing to give defendant’s requested instruction 8 which adopted the ALI Model Penal Code definition of mental illness and in giving court’s instructions 26 and 27 which defined mental illness under the M’Naghten right-wrong test; (2) in giving court’s…