Morris v. State

Appellant, under the provisions of Ind. R. P.C. 2 § 2, has taken this belated direct appeal from his 1967 conviction for Second Degree Murder. After an oral plea of not guilty, Appellant submitted the following “Motion.”

“Defendant moves the court to enter an order submitting the defendant to duly qualified and authorized doctors of mental diseases for an examination to determine the following facts:

1. Whether said defendant at the time of the alleged offense set out in the indictment, first, reasonably understood the criminality of said alleged act; and

2. Knowing the criminality of said…