Simonds v. State

BOARDMAN, Judge.

Appellant/defendant, Milton Simonds, was charged with, and after trial by jury, convicted of rape, kidnapping, robbery and entering without breaking with intent to commit a felony. Appellant had pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the said offenses. During the trial, the court allowed the state to examine, outside the presence of the jury, two psychiatrists who had been subpoenaed as defense witnesses. One psychiatrist could not give an opinion of appellant’s sanity at the time of the commission of the alleged offenses. The second psychiatrist testified…