KANNER, Judge (Ret.).
An information filed against defendant-appellant, James Robert Byrd, charged that on May 13, 1961, he committed an assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree. Under his defense of not guilty by reason of insanity, he was by the jury found guilty as charged.
After examination of defendant by two court appointed physicians pursuant to motion of his counsel, Byrd, by order of August 4, 1961, was adjudged insane and was committed...
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