State v. Blasus

WAHL, Justice.

George Earl Blasus appeals from a judgment convicting him of first degree murder of his wife, and attempted first degree murder and second degree assault on two relatives, after a jury rejected his defense of mental illness. Appellant alleges several errors in the mental illness defense portion of the trial and also challenges the post-conviction denial of a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. Because the prosecutor’s questioning of defense expert witnesses in the mental illness portion of the trial as to their prior participation in specific, notorious and…