State v. Fischer

— Defendant was accused by county attorney’s information, filed April 24, 1951, of murdering Alfred Warren Fischer, contrary to section 690.1 of the 1950 Code of Iowa. He entered his plea of not guilty to this charge. On February 4, 1952, the information was amended so it accused defendant of the crime of “murder in the second degree, in that he did murder the said decedent; at said time and place with malice aforethought.” Defendant then entered his plea of not guilty by reason of temporary insanity and/or lapse of memory. Upon trial to a jury the defendant was found guilty of murder of .the…