State v. Wilcox

The question before the court in the instant appeal is whether appellee is entitled to a new trial at which he may present expert psychiatric testimony relating to his alleged incapacity to form the requisite specific intent to commit aggravated murder and aggravated burglary. The state, finding support in the dissent below, contends that “all relevant admissible evidence related to the mental status of Moses Wilcox was before the jury.” As a consequence thereof, *184the state further contends that “any additional psychiatric testimony if offered would not have altered anything in the trial” and…