State v. Johnson

Defendant was indicted for the crime of aggravated assault upon her infant son. ORS 163.255 (repealed Oregon Laws 1971, ch 743, § 432). Upon arraignment she entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A hearing was then held pursuant to ORS 136.730. ① Defendant stipulated that she had placed her infant in a washing machine, turned on the hot water and had caused “hot water to pour upon and burn” him. At the hearing ② one of the examining psychiatrists testified without objection that while defendant was in need of treatment, she was not dangerous to the public at large; and that while…