Skavene v. State

Petitioner appeals from an order denying postconviction relief from his 1963 conviction, by a jury, of murder in the first degree. We affirm.

In his petition seeking a postconviction new trial, petitioner alleged two grounds: (1) That he was denied due process, equal protection, and effective assistance of counsel when his privately retained counsel, because of limited funds, was unable to obtain expert psychiatric witnesses to establish his insanity defense; and (2) that the trial court erred in not finding as a matter of law that petitioner was insane at the time the crime was committed.…