State Ex Rel. Olson v. District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District

Raymond Olson petitions and appeals from an order of the Lincoln County District Court, setting aside a previous order which found Olson “not guilty” by reason of insanity and ordering him committed to the State Hospital.

Olson was charged in 1969 with two counts of rape. Olson gave timely notice of his intent to rely on the defense of insanity. The case was submitted to the jury. The jury returned a guilty verdict upon which two concurrent sentences of 60 years were entered. The sentences were subsequently reversed on appeal. State v. Olson (1971), 156 Mont. 339, 480 P.2d 822. Upon remand the…