State v. Jorgenson

OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

¶ 1 Alex Hughes (Defendant) was charged with first-degree murder. His insanity defense was supported by a great deal of evidence, including the opinions of all six experts who examined him. Evidently, the state’s experts agreed, as the state presented no expert to contest Defendant’s insanity defense. Notwithstanding this, the jury rejected the defense and convicted Defendant of first-degree murder. Defendant appealed.

¶ 2 In that appeal we determined that despite the state’s weak case on the question of insanity, Defendant was convicted because the prosecutor at trial…