Garrison v. People

Plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer as defendant, was apprehended on July 15, 1958, in England, Arkansas, and was returned to Denver, July 23, 1958. On July 29, 1958, an information was filed in the District Court of Denver, wherein he was charged with the murder of one Mort Freelander, in Denver, on April 26, 1958.

On August 18, 1958, the defendant was arraigned and through his counsel entered his plea of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the crime and since.” On the same day the court entered an order committing him to the…