Archina v. People

Francisco Archina, plaintiff in error herein, to whom we shall refer as defendant and at times as Frank Archina, by information filed in the District Court of the City and County of Denver on January 28, 1954, was charged with the murder of Elizabeth Macri. Being arraigned on March 29, 1954, the defendant entered two pleas:(a) Not guilty.(b) Not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the offense.

The case was then continued to August 23, 1954, for trial. On entry of the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, defendant was ordered committed to the psychopathic…