Brooks v. State

BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is from the judgment and sentence of appellant’s jury conviction of aggravated assault and battery, attempted manslaughter, and kidnapping. The issues for our review are:

I

“Does Section 7-ll-305(b), W.S. 1977, as amended, violate due process by requiring a defendant to prove his insanity defense by the greater weight of the evidence?”

II

“Did reversible error occur when the trial judge instructed the jury that every person is presumed to be mentally responsible?”

We will affirm.

In the early morning of January 8, 1984, Lois Epperson Brooks and Marilyn Gardner were in a…