State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Alaska > Title-12 > Chapter-12-47 > Sec-12-47-040(a) In a prosecution for a crime when the affirmative defense of insanity is raised under AS 12.47.010 , or when evidence of a mental disease or defect of the defendant is otherwise admissible at trial under AS 12.47.020 , the trier of fact shall find, and the verdict shall state, whether the defendant is
(1) guilty;
(2) not guilty;
(3) not guilty by reason of insanity; or
(4) guilty but mentally ill.
(b) To return a verdict under (a)(4) of this section, the jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime and find by a preponderance of the evidence that when the defendant committed the crime the defendant was guilty but mentally ill as defined in AS 12.47.030 .
(c) When the jury is instructed as to the verdicts under (a) of this section, it shall also be instructed on the dispositions available under AS 12.47.050 and 12.47.090.
