State v. Cook

DONALDSON, Justice.

The defendant was arrested and taken into custody on September 25, 1976. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. On September 27, 1976, the defendant filed a motion giving notice that he was going to rely on the affirmative defense of mental illness or defect. The motion requested a mental examination pursuant to I.C. § 18-211. This examination was ordered and the defendant underwent a fifty to sixty minute mental examination at the State Mental Hospital in Orofino on October 5, 1976. On October 7, 1976, arraignment proceedings commenced before the district court.…