STATE v. GROPPEL

Supreme Court No. 16592.

433 P.3d 1113 (2018)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner and Cross-Respondent, v. Conar L. GROPPEL, Respondent and Cross-Petitioner, v. Alaska Court System, Respondent and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Rosenstein and Patricia Haines , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Brooke Berens , Assistant Public Advocate, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Respondent and Cross-Petitioner.

Thomas P. Amodio , Reeves Amodio LLC, Anchorage, for Respondent and Cross-Respondent.

Kelly R. Taylor , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Alaska Public Defender Agency.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, and Bolger, Justices, and Matthews, Senior Justice. [Carney, Justice, not participating.]


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

When a criminal defendant asserts the defense of insanity or diminished capacity or the defendant's mental fitness otherwise is at issue, AS 12.47.070 requires the court to appoint two qualified psychiatrists or two psychologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Psychology...

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