Jones v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant, D. L. Jones, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree and received the death penalty. He was also found guilty on two counts of Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, and twelve years’ imprisonment, respectively.

In the guilt phase of the trial proceedings the appellant raises two interrelated propositions of error. Jones argues that his defense of insanity and his defense of unconsciousness, as a matter of law, require acquittal. He also contends that the application of the M’Naghten rule for insanity…