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IN RE JONES

Docket No. 13886.

260 Cal.App.2d 906 (1968)

68 Cal. Rptr. 32

In re LEWIS JONES on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

April 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Ibanez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack K. Weber, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

KAUS, P.J.

In October 1956, petitioner Lewis Jones shot and killed his daughter. He was charged with murder in Fresno County. Incapable of cooperating in the preparation of a defense, he was committed to the Atascadero State Hospital, which is located in San Luis Obispo County. (Pen. Code, § 1370.) In July 1958, he was found sufficiently sane to stand trial. On September 16, 1958, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The court further found that Jones...

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