State v. Tenney
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Main, J., entered March 15, 1911, denying the vacation of a judgment committing the defendant to the insane ward of the state penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The defendant being charged with the crime of assault in the first degree, pleaded not guilty, and in addition thereto, that he was insane or mentally irresponsible at the time of the commission of the crime charged -against him, and that since then he has recovered his sanity and is now mentally responsible. This plea was made in substantial compliance with Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2174. The issues being thus made, the case proceeded to trial before the court and a jury, resulting in a verdict rendered on January 5, 1911, finding the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity *487or mental…
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