Rowden v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for 99 years.

Appellant relied upon proof of insanity. Expert witnesses were not used to support his plea. No other defensive issues were submitted to the jury.

The motion for new trial was based in part on newly discovered evidence. Appended to the motion were the affidavits of appellant’s attorneys wherein it was stated that appellant had no funds with which to employ medical experts to examine him; that appellant had been unable on account of his mental condition to aid his attorneys in preparing his…