People v. Nyhan
New York Supreme Court
Timothy F. Hyhan was accused of -the murder of his wife. Application for confirmation of report of commissioners appointed to inquire into defendant’s sanity granted, and defendant ordered committed to a State lunatic asylum until his .sanity and return to custody of sheriff, and then placed on trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Rodenbeck, J.:
It is a fundamental principle of modern society that no person .accused of a crime, who is insane, so as- to be unable to appre*75niate the proceedings of his trial and to make a defense to the -crime with which he is charged, shall be placed upon trial, -and it applies to any stage of the proceeding, even after conviction and pending an appeal. (People v. Skwirsky, 213 N. Y. 151, 107 N. E. 47.) This humane principle has been carried into the statutes of this State, which provide that a person cannot be tried, sentenced to any punishment, or punished for a crime while he is in a…
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