Umble v. State

McOLELLAN, j.

The defendant, appellant, has been adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The victim was his wife. On the occasion of the homicide defendant also shot and killed his sister-in-law, and then seriously, intentionally, wounded, himself. Besides a denial of guilt, defendant’s insanity was set up. The shooting of the wife was admitted by defendant. The issue really litigated was that presented by the plea of insanity. The court submitted this issue to the jury. The insistence for error to reverse is based upon the action of the trial court…