State v. Leach

Two issues are raised by the state:

*651(1) May a court properly direct a verdict against a criminal defendant on the issue of mental disease or defect?(2) May the improper joinder of criminal charges for trial ever be harmless error ?

The defendant raises two more issues:(1) Was the defendant denied due process when he was compelled to proceed to trial while claiming amnesia ?(2) Was the defendant denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel on the attempted murder charge due to trial counsel’s failure to request a lesser offense instruction on endangering safety by conduct regardless…