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CHRISTOPHER v. STATE

No. 884S315.

511 N.E.2d 1019 (1987)

Dennis W. CHRISTOPHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Read, Public Defender, Jeffersonville, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Theodore E. Hansen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the offense of murder in the stabbing death of his wife. On motion he was found presently incompetent to stand trial, committed to a state hospital, and was later determined able to stand trial. He interposed the defense of insanity set out in I.C. § 35-41-3-6, claiming that he was not responsible for the killing by reason of mental illness or defect and was tried by a jury which returned the verdict authorized by...

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