Bieber v. People

Defendant Donald W. Bieber appeals his convictions for first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and second-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying his request for a jury instruction on the defense of settled insanity. The three-member panel of the court of appeals issued three sepa*813rate opinions in the case — one dispositive, one concurring and one dissenting — revolving around the question of whether settled insanity is a tenable defense under our statutory scheme and case law. People v. Bieber, 835 P.2d 542 (Colo.App.1992). We granted…