STATE v. FINN

No. 37,036.

257 Minn. 138 (1960)

100 N.W. (2d) 508

STATE v. JOHN E. FINN.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George G. McPartlin, for appellant.

Miles Lord, Attorney General, William B. Randall, County Attorney, and Frederick O. Arneson, Assistant County Attorney, for respondent.


DELL, CHIEF JUSTICE.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree. It is undisputed that on December 28, 1955, the defendant shot and killed his wife, Ann Finn, at her apartment in St. Paul. The defendant's only defense is that at the time of the offense he was of unsound mind. Only a brief summary of the facts is necessary to a disposition of the issue raised.

The defendant and the...

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