Peck v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

On a trial on an indictment charging defendant with murder in the first degree of Jesse Underwood, Jr., a jury found defendant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life. He was sentenced accordingly.

Defendant had pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. There was no evidence to support his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and there is no contention to the contrary.

The undisputed evidence shows conclusively that the alleged victim was killed instantly by a shot from a .16…