State v. Boone

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant has grouped eight assignments of error and numerous underlying exceptions into one argument in which he contends the trial court erred in excluding evidence which tended to show he was legally insane at the time the crimes were committed. Defendant argues essentially seven different evidentiary rulings which we deal with seriatim.

The trial court excluded testimony by defendant’s father concerning defendant’s discharge from the army and the nature of his discharge. This evidence was properly excluded. Defendant’s father was testifying about defendant’s Exhibit No. 2,…