HOWE v. STATE

No. 4129.

589 P.2d 421 (1979)

Billy Joe HOWE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Feldman, Asst. Public Defender, Brian C. Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Stephen E. Branchflower, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Petitioner Billy Joe Howe is charged with armed robbery. Howe filed a pre-trial notice of his intent to rely on the defense of non-responsibility due to mental defect or disease.1 The state moved, pursuant to Criminal Rule 16(c)(2),2 to discover the reports of a psychiatrist and a psychologist who had examined Howe at the latter's request. The superior court granted the...

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