ARNOLD, Judge.
On 11 July 1977, when this case was called for trial, defendant through counsel filed a Notice of Defense of Temporary Insanity. The trial court denied defendant's motion, and defendant thereupon entered a plea of not guilty. Now it is argued that the trial court erred in denying the defendant his right to plead not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. We cannot agree.
G.S. 15A-959 states that, if, as here, a defendant intends to raise the...
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