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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 1.42A
COMBINED DEFENSES OF INSANITY AND DIMINISHED CAPACITY
When you decide whether or not the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant (insert requisite culpable mental state(s)), you must consider all evidence of the defendant's state of mind, including any evidence that the defendant was suffering from a mental disease or defect at the time of the offense.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 1.42A, dated Revised 2016. Prepared by the Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association." Printed in the committee's instruction packet 1.42 (Combined Defenses of Insanity and Diminished Capacity).
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
685a718edac662143c040425d0be1a27785a6fadaa7f6596e0fea514f739f71a
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