STATE v. CLAYTON


656 S.W.2d 344 (1983)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Perry CLAYTON, III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker Gwinn, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for appellant; A.C. Wharton, Jr., Shelby Co. Public Defender, Memphis, of counsel.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Joseph L. Patterson, Sidney P. Alexander, Asst. Dist. Attys., Memphis, for appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The Defendant, Perry Clayton, III, appeals a conviction of first degree murder for which he received a life sentence in the state penitentiary. At trial, the Defendant relied upon the defense of insanity. The primary issue on appeal is whether the evidence supports the jury verdict that the Defendant was sane at the time the offense was committed. Both the jury and a majority of the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Clayton's insanity...

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