People v. Mott

This appeal is from.a judgment of conviction of the defendant upon a charge of murder, following a verdict of guilty by the jury without recommendation. The evidence convincingly shows the defendant to have been guilty of a deliberate, premeditated and unprovoked murder. Upon his arraignment therefor he entered a plea of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity”, and he also denied the two prior convictions of felonies charged in the information. Thereafter and before trial he withdrew his plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity”, and proceeded to trial upon his plea of “not…