Bowen v. State

Robbery; sentence: fifteen years imprisonment.

Appellant contends that a preponderance of the evidence at trial proved his insanity at the time of the commission of the offense and that the trial court erred to reversal in overruling his motion for a new trial based on that ground.

Early on the morning of November 28, 1978, Dick Robbins was driving to work, going east on Highway 84 toward Evergreen, when he saw the appellant hitchhiking and gave him a ride. When Robbins reached the junction of Highway 84 and Interstate 65, he asked the appellant where he wanted to get out. After a momentary…