Gary v. State

Deen, Judge.

1. The defendant was tried and convicted on April 17, 1969. Prior to trial he filed a special plea of insanity. The motion for new trial contends that because of his lack of mental capacity the movant was unable to assist his court-appointed counsel in the preparation of the defense. It also recites as a fact that: "Shortly before said trial, movant was adjudged insane and committed to the Central State Hospital on a special plea of insanity in the above styled case by order of Hon. George S. Carpenter, Judge, Superior Court, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit, dated the 17th day of…