State v. Henke

— An information filed by the prosecuting attorney of King county charged the defendant therein named with the crime of murder in the first degree.

Upon arraignment, in addition to a plea of not guilty, the defendant, through her attorney, entered a plea of insanity to the effect that, at the time it was charged the crime was committed, she was insane or mentally irresponsible, and the insanity and mental irresponsibility still existed.

The trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged in the information, together with a special finding that the death penalty be not inflicted. The…