People v. Lee

The district attorney filed an information against the defendant charging the defendant with the commission of a wrongful act expressed in two counts. In the first count he charged the violation of section 146 of the Motor Vehicle Act (Stats. 1923, p. 564), and in the second count he charged the commission of grand theft. The defendant entered a plea to each count by pleading not guilty and also not guilty by reason of insanity. A trial was had before the court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict in four parts, finding the defendant (1) guilty under the first count; (2) that he was insane at the time the offense charged was committed; (3) guilty under the second count, and (4) that he was .insane at the time the offense charged was committed. When the defendant was arraigned for judgment, after having ruled on all motions and objections why judgment should not be pronounced, the court stated: “The defendant having been convicted by the verdicts of the jury of the crime of grand theft and also a violation of section 146 of the California Vehicle Act [Stats. 1923, p. 564], and the jury after trial having rendered its verdict finding that the defendant was insane at the…