State v. Delling

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

John Joseph Delling (Delling) appeals from the judgments of conviction based on his conditional pleas of guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. Delling requests that this Court reconsider and overrule its decision in State v. Searcy, 118 Idaho 632, 798 P.2d 914 (1990), and find that Idaho’s abolition of the insanity defense is unconstitutional. Delling also asserts that the district court abused its discretion and imposed excessive sentences.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Delling was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of…