Carter v. State

Almand, Presiding Justice.

On September 10, 1968, the appellant was placed on trial for murder in the Superior Court of Coweta County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy, and she was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Appellant based her defense on the general ground of insanity. She appeals from the verdict on the ground that the verdict is contrary to both the law and the evidence. More particularly, she urges that her motion for a new trial should have been granted because the defense introduced evidence sufficient to overcome the presumption of sanity, and…