State v. Swails

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant shot and killed Arlene Johnson Brown, a tenant in his apartment house in Shreveport, and was indicted for her murder. After his plea of present insanity and insanity at the time of the crime, the court appointed a sanity commission, which conducted an examination and reported that, in its opinion, appellant was presently (April 24, 1952) insane and had also been insane at the time of the commission of the offense. Following a hearing on the plea of present insanity, the court committed him to the East Louisiana State Hospital at Jackson. In October of 1952, the…