Dolchok v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CON-NOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ., and DIMOND, J. Pro Tem. DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

The appellant, Andrew Dolchok, killed and robbed Harry Hibbs, a cab driver. He was tried by the superior court without a jury, found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal, he contends that the trial court ought to have found him not guilty by reason of insanity.

Legal insanity, as a defense to the commission of a crime, is couched in terms of lack of responsibility for criminal conduct as a result of a mental disease or defect. AS…