Butler v. State

Appellant was found guilty of attempted murder on a law enforcement officer and attempt to deprive an officer of his weapon. He argues that the state failed to rebut expert evidence of his insanity, and that the court should therefore have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal. We conclude that, although the state had no expert, the trial court properly left the issue for the jury to determine.

The incident occurred after appellant asked a nurse in a hospital emergency room why it was taking so long for him to be seen and a police officer attempted to calm him down. After speaking with…