People v. Philllips

FOX, J. pro tem.

In an amended information defendant was charged with grand theft in count I and with issuing a cheek without sufficient funds, a felony, in count II. On February 14, 1944, he entered a plea of guilty to the second count, and requested leave to file an application for probation. This request was granted. On April 20, 1944, at a continued hearing on the application for probation, a motion was made by counsel for defendant for permission to interpose the additional plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity.” This motion was supported by two affidavits. The court, under the…