State v. Tugas

The two questions presented by the appeal in this capital case are whether the trial court erred in failing to accept and record a verdict of not guilty; and whether, in view of the verdicts returned, the court erred in com mitting appellant to the ward for the criminally insane at the state penitentiary.

Appellant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. He interposed two pleas to this information, namely, a general plea of not guilty, and a special plea of not guilty by reason of insanity or mental irresponsibility, and that the insanity or mental irresponsibility no longer…