Schneider v. People

IN an information filed in the district court of Washington county, Paul J. Schneider was charged with the murder of one Frank J. Ford, on September 20, 1947. Defendant was indigent, and counsel was appointed to defend him. Upon arraignment, defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the crime and since.

Upon trial the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at death. To review the judgment entered upon that verdict, defendant prosecutes a writ of error.

It appears from the record that…