Pounders v. State

W. J. HARALSON, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the lower court for murder in the first degree and his sentence fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On arraignment he plead not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

On October 7, 1973, appellant filed a petition, before trial, under the provisions of T. 15, § 428, Code of Alabama, 1940, Recompiled 1958, for the court to make a determination as to whether or not the appellant was insane and capable of standing trial under the indictment returned against him and if so, that he be transported to…