Commonwealth v. Moon

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Chidsey,

The pivotal and important question presented by this appeal is whether The Mental Health Act of 1951 changed the common law test for staying criminal proceedings after verdict but prior to sentence or execution. Inasmuch as appellant’s motion for a new trial has not been argued and sentence has not been pronounced we are not concerned with possible trial errors or the merits of appellant’s conviction.

On January 13, 1954 the appellant, Norman W. Moon, appearing before the Court of Quarter Sessions of Warren County on a charge of failure to comply with a support…