State of Iowa v. Mark Daryl Becker

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 10–0631 Filed July 20, 2012 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. MARK DARYL BECKER, Appellant. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Butler County, Stephen P. Carroll, Judge. Mark Becker appeals his conviction for first-degree murder claiming the district court erred in refusing to give his proposed instruction defining the elements of the insanity defense and that the district court erred when it refused to instruct the jury of the consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. DECISION OF COURT OF APPEALS…