State v. Roberts
Annotate this CaseAfter the first phase of a bifurcated trial on stipulated facts, Defendant was found guilty of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder. After the second phase of the bifurcated trial, in which the district court heard expert psychiatric testimony, the district court concluded that Defendant failed to establish a mental illness defense. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. On appeal, Defendant challenged the rejection of his mental illness defense. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not clearly err in finding that Defendant failed to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he did not know that his acts were morally wrong at the time of the murders.
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