DESHO v. STATE

No. 29,579.

237 Ind. 308 (1957)

145 N.E.2d 429

DESHO v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed October 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Reed, of Knox, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Merl M. Wall, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.


ARTERBURN, C.J.

The appellant was charged with murder in the first degree and entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Upon the suggestion of his attorney the court held a pre-trial hearing for the purpose of determining whether or not "the defendant has comprehension sufficient to understand the nature of the criminal action against him and the proceedings thereon and to make his defense," as provided in Acts 1951, ch. 238, § 2, p. 682, being §...

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