STATE v. ALTO

No. 3748.

589 P.2d 402 (1979)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Frank Augie ALTO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Petumenos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

John M. Murtagh, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

In a prior opinion in this case, we reversed defendant's murder and grand larceny convictions because the state had failed to sustain its burden of proving defendant's sanity beyond a reasonable doubt after defendant had presented testimony raising the issue. Alto v. State, 565 P.2d 492 (Alaska 1977). We remanded the case to the superior court for further proceedings pursuant to AS 12.45...

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