Legal Opinion
State v. Alto
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1979No. 3748PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
In a prior opinion in this case, we reversed defendant’s murder and grand larceny convictions because the state had failed to sustain its burden of proving defendant’s sanity beyond a reasonable doubt after defendant had presented testimony raising the issue. Alto v. State, 565 P.2d 492 (Alaska 1977). We remanded the case to the superior court for further proceedings pursuant to AS 12.45.090 which provides:
Commitment after judgment of not guilty. If the jury finds the defendant not guilty on the ground of mental disease or defect and the court considers his being at…
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