Keeton v. State

Dissenting Opinion.

Ethridge, J.,

delivered a dissenting opinion.

I dissent from the affirmance of this case with extreme reluctance. The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of her mother and the dismemberment of her body. The crime here charged is so horrible in conception, so iniquitous in outline, so damnable in detail, so inhuman and fiendish in execution, as to leave one no choice except to elect between insanity and total human depravity. The defense is insanity, and the evidence to sustain the defense is abundant, cogent, and convincing, and rises, in my opinion,…