SLEET, Judge.
Damon Leon Pewo, Jr., appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder following a jury trial. On appeal, Pewo challenges the standard jury instruction on insanity, arguing that the language in the instruction improperly raised the defense's burden of proof from "clear and convincing evidence" to "beyond a reasonable doubt...
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