People v. Strick

I am not in accord with the opinion of Mr. Justice Wiest. The testimony stands undisputed that on the 7th day of August, 1936, Dr. Meads, under authority of the probate court of Jackson county, examined respondent and found him suffering from manic depressive psychosis, which is a violent form of insanity; that respondent was held four days by the police before he was arraigned; and that upon arraignment, he told the court he couldn’t remember what happened, that he had been declared insane, that what happened was like a trance to him, that his ears were blacked out, and that he must have…