Spohn v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Larry Spohn, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to forty years in prison. He argues on appeal that the circuit court erred in two respects. First, his expert witness was foreclosed from testifying about the effect of blackouts resulting from alcoholism on specific intent to commit murder, and, secondly, the court allowed the prosecutor to interrogate Spohn about a past bad act on cross-examination. The appellant’s arguments are not persuasive, and we affirm.

Spohn and the victim, Dr. Mary Lyn Bryden, operated a correspondence-school…