People v. Anderson

Opinion

BROWN (G. A.), P. J.

Upon appellant’s pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), the trial judge, sitting without a jury, found him guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter and sane at the time of the commission of the offense. He was sentenced to state-prison.

The offense occurred on January 26, 1971. The three-week trial at which he was convicted did not commence until June 3, 1974. The reason for the long delay was appellant’s interim commitments to Atascadero State Hospital and to Patton State Hospital for…