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COM. v. RABOLD

951 A.2d 329 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Aaron Daniel RABOLD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Warren Weidenbaum, Esq., Brodheadsville, for Aaron Daniel Rabold.

David R. Crowley, Esq., Bellefonte, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Colleen Mancuso, Esq., Elmer D. Christine, Jr., Esq., Stroudsburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

Appeal was allowed to consider a challenge to a jury instruction explaining the verdict of guilty but mentally ill.

By way of essential background, a verdict of guilty but mentally ill is authorized by Section 314 of the Crimes Code, as follows:

(a) General rule.— A person who timely offers a defense of insanity in accordance with the Rules of Criminal Procedure may be found "guilty but...

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