People v. Donegan

In an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, the defendant was charged with murder, it being alleged that she unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed one William Walter Donegan, who was her divorced husband. Pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity were interposed by defendant. She was subsequently placed upon trial and the jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree. Upon the issue raised by the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the same jury upon a further trial found that the defendant was…