State v. Long

The appellant (defendant below) was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. To the information he pleaded not guilty, and also filed a special plea of mental irresponsibility at the time set forth in the information, to the extent that he did not understand or realize the nature of his acts, and that he has since become mentally responsible and sane.

A trial to a jury resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, but the jury found against the infliction of the death penalty. From a judgment on the verdict, sentencing him to confinement at hard labor in the…