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STATE v. THOMAS

No. 55690.

219 N.W.2d 3 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Donald Eugene THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Platt, Jon M. Kinnamon, and Michael W. Fay, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., C. Joseph Coleman, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and William G. Faches, Linn County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The principal question in this appeal relates to the burden of proof on the issue of the defendant's sanity at the time he committed homicide. Iowa has been among the states which place the burden on the defendant to prove insanity, by common-law rule. State v. Booth, 169 N.W.2d 869 (Iowa).

Defendant Donald Eugene Thomas killed his wife. He was charged with murder and gave notice that he proposed to show...

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