Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JACK E. SINCLAIR, Appellant
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1969-05-28
Citations: 253 Or. 453
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JACK E. SINCLAIR, Appellant.
Judges: Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 453–454

Head Matter:
Argued May 8,
affirmed May 28, 1969
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JACK E. SINCLAIR, Appellant.
454 P2d 858
Kenneth C. Hadley, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued tbe cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.
Billy L. Williamson, Deputy District Attorney, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was George Van Hoomissen, District Attorney, Portland.
Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.

Opinion:
PEE CUEIAM.
The .defendant was found guilty of manslaughter by abortion by the trial court sitting without a jury. He contends that there was no evidence to support the trial court's findings that he was capable of assisting in his own defense and that he was sane as judged by the M'Naghten rule.
This is another case in which the conduct of the defendant was a product of mental illness, in this case schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type. See State v. Van Kleeck, 248 Or 7, 432 P2d 175 (1967). Nevertheless, there was evidence to support the trial court's findings. Contrary to the defendant's assertion, the trial court did correctly analyze the medical testimony.
Affirmed.