Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted.
The medical testimony and the evidence relating to appellant's prior history of treatment at mental institutions presented a substantial issue of appellant's sanity at the time of the homicide. In summation, the prosecutor indicated to the jury that appellant hoped that by pleading insanity he would be committed to a hospital...
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