The People v. Finn

Defendant, James Finn, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of burglary and, by subsequent counts of the same indictment, was also charged with being an habitual criminal. Upon a verdict of guilty by a jury, together with a finding that defendant had previously been convicted of burglary, the court sentenced him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The cause is here on writ of error.

Prior to trial on the indictment, counsel for defendant petitioned for a pretrial hearing on the issue of defendant’s sanity, alleging that defendant could not co-operate with…