ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI STATEMENT OF THE CASE
PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:
Russell was convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal Russell argued that he was entitled to assert the defense of insanity and irresistible impulse, and that he should have been allowed to assert the defense of manslaughter. Russell argued that by failing to allow him to present expert and lay testimony on the issue of...
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