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STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 48702.

76 N.W.2d 184 (1956)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Agnes HAMILTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 4, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don H. Jackson, Council Bluffs, Iowa, for appellant.

Dayton Countryman, Atty. Gen., of Iowa, Raphael R. R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Iowa, Matt Walsh, County Atty., Council Bluffs, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

This appeal primarily involves the force and effect of Section 783.1, Code of 1954, I.C.A.

It is as follows: Doubt as to sanity. "If a defendant appears in any stage of the trial of a criminal prosecution, and a reasonable doubt arises as to his sanity, further proceedings must be suspended and a trial had upon that question." Section 783.2, Code of 1954, I.C.A., prescribes the procedure for the determination...

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