McMACHREN v. STATE

76704.

187 Ga. App. 793 (1988)

371 S.E.2d 445

McMACHREN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Howard, for appellant.

Robert E. Wilson, District Attorney, R. Stephen Roberts, Helen A. Pryles, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant filed a general plea of insanity to an indictment charging him with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Rejecting that plea, a jury found him guilty but mentally ill on both counts. On appeal he contends, among other things, that he was entitled to an acquittal as a matter of law on the basis of his insanity defense.

During the year prior to the robbery, the appellant had complained...

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