Morgan v. State

Marshall, Judge.

Appellant was charged with murder and convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, for which the judge sentenced him to twenty years. He appeals, enumerating 19 errors. Held:

1. When the appellant’s case was called to trial, appellant’s counsel moved for a continuance "to give us sufficient time to have the defendant examined by proper psychiatric authorities to determine two questions. The first is insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the murder in this case. The other question is his fitness to stand trial at this time.” Counsel, the public defender, went on to…