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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. S-1316.

740 P.2d 944 (1987)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Kimberly PATTERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bacon and David Mannheimer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Linda K. Wilson, Asst. Public Defender, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

We granted this petition for hearing to address the question of whether the statutory definition of the insanity defense in AS 12.47.010(a) encompasses both prongs or only the first prong of the traditional M'Naghten insanity defense.1

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS.

Kimberly Patterson was charged with first-degree robbery for pointing...

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