Brown v. State

BARKDULL, Judge.

On November 29, 1964, law enforcement officials in Dade County discovered the body of one Julia Berger. Shortly thereafter the appellant was arrested and presented for a preliminary hearing before a committing magistrate on the date of his arrest, at which hearing he was represented by counsel and bound over to the grand jury. He was indicted for the crime of first degree murder and, on January 14, 196S, with counsel present entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently, his counsel filed what was styled “Notice of Defense of Insanity”, which was met by a motion for a bill of…