Grace v. Hopper

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal this court affirmed with two Justices dissenting. Grace v. State, 231 Ga. 113 (200 SE2d 248). The evidence presented at the trial is set out in that opinion. Appellant’s sole defense was insanity at the time of the offense.

Appellant then filed this habeas corpus on the grounds that the trial judge’s instructions on insanity violated his constitutional rights by shifting to him the burden of proof on an essential element of the offense and by relieving the prosecution of its burden of…