Johnson v. People

James Albert Johnson was charged with the crime of aggravated robbery (C.R.S. 1963, 40-5-1). Upon arraignment he entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the offense, and was thereafter accorded a bifurcated trial.

The jury which tried the sanity issue returned a verdict of “sane.” The trial on the merits resulted in a verdict of guilty. The defendant was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. A motion for new trial having been denied, the defendant came here on writ of error challenging the validity of the proceedings to…