State v. King

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a finding of a jury that defendant was guilty of murder in the first degree and from the order of the trial court denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Essentially the questions presented for review are: (1) Whether defendant was suffering from such a mental disorder as to be incapable of premeditation, which is one of the essentials required for a finding of guilty of murder in the first degree; (2) whether the testimony of two accomplices whose identity was discovered by an…