Spence v. State

Ruth Spence prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of conviction against her for murder in the second degree upon the verdict of a jury fixing the punishment at five years in the State penitentiary. Counsel for appellant argue three assignments of error, all relating to the admission of evidence.

In the first place, it is insisted that the court erred in the admission of nonexpert evidence on the question of the insanity of appellant. Appellant shot and killed Jack Worls in the courthouse at DeWitt, Arkansas, while he was on trial for the murder of her father. The killing occurred about…