ROSELLINI, J.
The defendant was charged upon two counts of assault, one of attempted rape, and one of manslaughter. He entered a special plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found the defendant guilty of assault and manslaughter.
Upon his appeal, we are again asked to abandon the test of insanity commonly known as "M'Naghten's rule" and to adopt the test proposed by the American Law Institute. In their agreed statement of the case, the parties...
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