STATE v. HALL

No. 55845.

214 N.W.2d 205 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Allen Lee HALL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Korf, Diehl, Clayton & Cleverley, Newton, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Haskins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Dennis F. Chalupa, Jasper County Atty., for appellee.

Considered En Banc.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The principal legal question in this appeal from a conviction of first-degree murder relates to the effect upon criminal responsibility of a mental condition resulting from voluntary ingestion of a drug. The principal factual dispute is whether defendant Allen Lee Hall did ingest a drug and if so, its effect upon him.

The fact is not disputed that defendant slew Gilford Eugene Meacham in a car at the time and place charged. Defendant left...

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