Clark v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

Following pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and trial, a jury convicted appellant of attempted murder of her infant daughter, Heather Denise Clark. This appeal ensued.

Two issues confront us: (1) Was appellant properly found to be sane at the time of the commission of the offense? (2) Was the jury correctly instructed on the presumption of sanity? 1 We answer both questions in the affirmative and uphold the conviction.

It is well settled in Nevada that insanity is an affirmative defense and that the accused is presumed to be sane absent…