State v. Smith

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. While he was in jail awaiting indictment his attempts to commit suicide and other conduct caused the police to request the court that he be committed to the state hospital for safekeeping. Defense counsel and defendant participated in the hearings before the presiding judge in regard to defendant’s safekeeping and agreed to a change of custody to the state hospital. The state also requested that the order transferring defendant to the state hospital should provide that defendant be examined by psychiatrists while he ivas confined in the…