Mardorff v. State

Paul H. Mardorff was convicted of the murder of his wife and, mercy not having been recommended by the jury, was sentenced to suffer the death penalty.

His counsel has urged this Court to grant a new trial because of error claimed to have been committed by the trial judge in allowing the introduction of certain photographs and in denying a new trial, based on the grounds that the evidence showed the defendant to have been insane at the time of the commission of the alleged homicide and that his act was performed in the heat of passion and upon sudden provocation. We will dispose of the…