People v. Williams

By a formal insanity commitment, dated October 28,1953, defendant was ordered lodged as an inmate in Matteawan State Hospital, until restoration to a sound state of mind and understanding before resumption of proceedings on the indictment, filed against him on May 29, 1953, for attempted arson in the first degree, and malicious injury to property, to which he had pleaded not guilty.

The record discloses a consent by defendant’s attorney to the confirmation and approval of the psychiatrists’ report as to defendant’s mental condition leading to the afore-mentioned commitment.

The record indicates…