Wood v. State

Citations

• 58 Miss. 741

Syllabus

<p>■Criminal Law. Insanity. Non-expert witness. Weight of evidence.</p> <p>The opinion of a non-expert witness as to the sanity or insanity of the defendant in an indictment at the time of the commission of the offence charged, is competent evidence when accompanied by a statement of the facts on which it is based, and when the witness has had such acquaintance or opportunity of observation as is likely to make his opinion valuable. The weight to be given to such opinion is dependent, like the weight to be given to all other opinions, upon the intelligence of the witness and his opportunities for forming a correct opinion.</p>