Moran v. State

Defendant below was indicted and convicted for assault with intent to rape.

He interposed a dual defense of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

The prime factual inquiry centers around the contention of the accused that he was too drunk to form any intent to commit the crime. In support of this claim he testified that during a period from about an hour before until at least this long after the time fixed for the commission of the offense, he was intoxicated to the extent that he was completely "blacked out" mentally. In other words, according to his testimony, he had no…