State v. Saffron

Appellant, having been prosecuted for the crime of assault in the first degree, pleaded not guilty, and also, by counsel, filed a written plea of mental irresponsibility in accordance with Rem. Comp. Stat., § 2174 [P. C. § 9294]. The jury found defendant not guilty by reason of insanity, or mental irresponsibility, existing at the time of the assault. By special interrogatories submitted by the court to the jury, as required by Rem. Comp Stat., §2175 [P. C. §9295], the jury found: First, that appellant committed the offense charged; second, that they acquitted him because of his mental…