People v. Wolfe

The defendant, Lewis Wolfe, was indicted on January 5,1944, of murder in the first degree, in that the defendant on or about December 30, 1943, willfully, feloniously and of malice aforethought, struck and killed his wife, Paula Mona Wolfe. Thereafter and on November 1, 1944, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree. However, prior to sentence, a petition was presented to this court on behalf of the defendant for a stay of the proceedings on the ground that he was insane at that time.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 658 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court entered an…