Rucker v. State

The errors complained of in this record may be grouped under three heads: (1) Error as to the claimed defense of insanity; (2) error as to the exercise of peremptory challenges by the state; and (3) error as to the failure of the court to charge on self-defense.

As to the defense of insanity, in homicide cases the line of demarcation between such defense and that of drunkenness is clearly defined. In the case of Long v. State, 109 Ohio St., 77, at page 86, 141 N. E., 691, 694, it is said:

“It is well established in American jurisprudence that drunkenness is not a defense to crime. When all the…