Murrell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

On November 3, 1941, appellant and Mary Robinson were charged in a true bill with the murder of Paul Ketron; on separate trial he was found guilty, the jury inflicting the death penalty. Judgment was entered accordingly ; motion for a new trial overruled; two grounds are urged for a reversal: First, the court erred in refusing to empanel a jury to inquire into the state of mind of appellant, it being claimed that he was insane at the time of the homicide. Second, the court erroneously overruled motion for a continuance.

At about 4:30 a. m.,…