DOWNEY, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole point on appeal warranting consideration is the sufficiency of the evidence to overcome appellant's defense of insanity.
Appellant had been adjudicated incompetent prior to the homicide involved herein. Thus, his plea of insanity placed the burden of proof upon the state to show he was sane at the time of the homicide. Wells v. State, Fla. 1957...
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