State v. Solomon

This appeal presents two issues for our consideration. Appellant’s first contention is that the opinion of an expert witness must be based on the expert’s own personal knowledge or on facts admitted in evidence and may not be based on hospital records and/or opinions of other experts. The second contention of appellant is that proof of the temporary and voluntary ingestion of drugs by a defendant does not establish the defense of insanity and does not entitle the defendant to á jury instruction on drug-caused insanity.

While in a general sense we agree with the contentions of appellant, upon…