Hart v. United States

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was tried in the District Court for the killing of his wife and was convicted of second-degree murder. On this appeal he relies upon four alleged errors. He challenges, first, the admission of testimony concerning his mental condition at the time of the trial. This testimony was offered by the Government to rebut evidence of appellant’s insanity at the time of the homicide. Appellant contends that the testimony “was immaterial and tended to confuse the jury.” The general rule is that in order to ascertain a person’s mental condition at a particular time it…