MERRILL, Justice.
Appellant killed his wife by stabbing her several times with a butcher knife. He was indicted for murder in the first degree and the verdict and sentence was murder in the second degree and sixty years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was overruled and appellant appealed.
When arraigned in the circuit court, appellant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
The State proved the corpus delecti and cause...
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