Legal Opinion
Lord v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 4, 2011No. A-10117PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
Cynthia Lord was charged with three counts of murder in the first degree 1 for killing her three sons, Christopher, Michael, and Joseph. Superior Court Judge Philip R. Volland conducted a non-jury trial. Lord asserted that she was not guilty by reason of insanity. 2 Judge Volland instead found that Lord was guilty but mentally i11. 3
Lord asserts that Judge Volland erred in reaching this verdict. She contends that she established that she was not guilty by reason of insanity by showing that she did not "appreciate the nature and quality" of her conduct. She also…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Clark v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Breese Ex Rel. Breese v. SmithAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Schade v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Scott A. Walker v. Roger Endell, Director, of the Alaska Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lane v. BallotAlaska Supreme Court · 2014
- Waterman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2015
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- Lane v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2016