People v. Brown

Defendant Morgan Holbert Brown, in an information filed by the District Attorney of Santa Barbara County, was charged in count I with a violation of section 484 of the Penal Code (grand theft), and in counts II and III with violations of section 26104, subdivision (a) of the Corporations Code (selling or attempting to sell a security without a permit).

Pleas of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity” were entered to each of the charges. Defendant Brown subsequently moved to withdraw his plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity. ’ ’ The motion was granted after argument by counsel,…