Meade v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1DissentOliver, Judge
As I view it, this record demonstrates prejudicial errors requiring disapproval of the defendant’s conviction.
Notwithstanding the fact that the defendant did not testify, unquestionably the defense evidence raised a question concerning his sanity at the time of the offense. His wife, holding a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky and employed in the mental health department of that state as a registered nurse, testified that he had always been extremely *370nervous and easily upset; that when she saw him at the police station early the next morning after his arrest he was…
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