State v. Grieco

Defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, and appeals, assigning three errors, viz.: 1. Admitting in evidence a bloody knife with which the defendant stabbed his alleged wife to death. 2. Refusal to admit in evidence the testimony of an expert witness as to the alcoholic content of decedent’s blood. 3. The instruction given requiring the defendant to prove his insanity beyond a reasonable doubt.

After a brief statement of the facts, these assignments of error will be considered in the order stated.

It is admitted by defendant that, on October 21,1946, in Multnomah…