2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 47. Insanity and Competency to Stand Trial
Sec. 12.47.130. Definitions.
In this chapter,
(1) "affirmative defense" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b);
(2) "assist in the defendant's own defense" means to consult with a lawyer while exercising a reasonable degree of rational functioning;
(3) "culpable mental state" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b);
(4) "incompetent" means a defendant is unable to understand the proceedings against the defendant or to assist in the defendant's own defense;
(5) "mental disease or defect" means a disorder of thought or mood that substantially impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life; "mental disease or defect" also includes intellectual and developmental disabilities that result in significantly below average general intellectual functioning that impairs a person's ability to adapt to or cope with the ordinary demands of life;
(6) "understand the proceedings against the defendant" means that the defendant's elementary mental process is such that the defendant has a reasonably rational comprehension of the proceedings.
