Lee v. State

Millard Lee was indicted by the grand jury of Fulton county, for the offense of murder. When the case was called, he filed a plea of present insanity, which was tried by a jury, who found against the plea. The case then proceeded to trial on the plea of not guilty, on which trial the sole defense was that the prisoner was not of sound memory and discretion at the time of the commission of the alleged crime. The jury, after an extended hearing on this defense, found him guilty, and he made a motion for a new trial on various grounds. The motion was overruled, and the defendant brought the case…