State v. Harville

Defendant was indicted for murdering Floyd McAlpin. He filed á plea of insanity at the time of the commission of the crime. The lunacy commission found him sane at the time of the homicide, and, although not convoked for that purpose, found him sane at the time of the commission’s examination of defendant. Defendant went to trial on the plea of insanity as a defense, and, the jury having failed to agree, defendant then withdrew his plea of insanity as a defense, and went to trial on the plea of not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. This verdict and the sentence imposed…