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DOLCHOK v. STATE

No. 1828.

519 P.2d 457 (1974)

Andrew D. DOLCHOK, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Collin Middleton, Anchorage, for appellant.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Stephen G. Dunning, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ., and DIMOND, J. Pro Tem.

OPINION

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...

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