Legal Opinion
Lee v. County Ct. of Erie County
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 14, 1971PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*435Scileppi, J.
We have been called upon to decide questions relating to the effect of a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on a defendant’s constitutional rights.
In 1964, Rufus Lee, petitioner herein, was indicted for the murder of two women which occurred on November 5, 1964, two days after his release from a mental institution. In February, 1965, a psychiatric examination was ordered by a County Court Judge pursuant to section 658 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Lee, thereafter, on July 30, 1965, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Prior to the trial, the court found that Lee…
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