People v. Johnson

Defendant Herbert L. Johnson is charged with murder of his wife. Defendant’s coun sel has filed notice of a defense of temporary insanity.

He also filed a motion for an order requiring the prosecuting attorney to produce the transcript of defendant’s confession taken August 12, 1958, shortly after the death of his wife. In support of his motion, defendant presented an affidavit from a psychiatrist which stated that the pyschiatrist had been retained to give a professional opinion pertaining to the defense of temporary insanity; that all of the facts, including statements of defendant…