STATE v. STATEN

No. 68-681.

18 Ohio St. 2d 13 (1969)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. STATEN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel T. Spitler, prosecuting attorney, for appellee.

Mr. John C. Halleck, for appellant.


TAFT, C. J.

This appeal is based upon the contention that the proper test was not used by the three-judge Common Pleas Court in determining whether defendant should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

The argument of defendant's counsel to the trial court represented in large part an attack upon the M'Naghten test for determining the defense of insanity.

After hearing that argument and the argument of the prosecutor, the presiding judge at the...

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