Meredith v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted of robbing John D. Lewis of eighteen dollars on March 18, 1978. Sentence was fixed at thirty years' imprisonment. Immediately before trial the appellant withdrew his plea of not guilty and filed a single plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The changing of the plea was properly within the discretion of the trial court.Knott v. State, 202 Ala. 360, 80 So. 442 (1918).

I

Initially the appellant contends that the verdict of the jury was against the great preponderance of the evidence which allegedly shows that he was insane at the time of the offense.

The…