People v. Mehaffey

Defendant was charged by information with the murder of Lewis David Edds on or about April 11, 1947, in the county of San Bernardino. He entered the dual pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, but then withdrew the latter plea following the report of the appointed medical examiners stating their findings and conclusions that defendant was “sane at the . . . time’’ of their examination and likewise “was sane at the time of the commission of the alleged crime. ’ ’ Thereafter defendant was tried and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, without…