Pesch v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Insanity is a defense that excuses a defendant from punishment because of his state of mind at the time of the commission of the act. . . . It does not mean that the conduct (if the accused is sane) does not constitute an offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).