Palmore v. State

COLEMAN, Justice.

Defendant appeals from conviction for murder in the first degree with sentence of life imprisonment. The victim was his common-law wife.

The state’s evidence is to effect that defendant became incensed against or angry with the wife on account of her relations with another man; that one evening about 10 o’clock, in their home, after defendant had been drinking wine and gin, he and the wife quarreled and fought; and that, in the course of the difficulty, defendant killed her by cutting her throat.

Defendant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Defendant…