Clark v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

On May 31, 1980, Mary B. Clark, age twenty-six, placed her infant daughter in a campfire. She was charged with attempted murder in the first degree, AS 11.41.-100(a)(1), and was acquitted on grounds of insanity. Following a disposition and commitment hearing, Superior Court Judge Ralph E. Moody ordered, pursuant to former AS 12.45.090, 1 that Clark be committed to the Commissioner of Health and Social Services, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, for a maximum period of twenty years, 2 with a progress review by the court every six months. Clark appeals to this court challenging…