Court Opinion

ID: 9855318
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:22:42.107135+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:25:38.887131
License: Public Domain

VANDE WALLE, Justice,
concurring in result.
I concur in the majority opinion except insofar as the discussion of “extreme emotional disturbance” and the implication of the citations in that discussion are concerned. It is clear that whether there exists a reasonable explanation or excuse for the actor’s mental condition cannot be resolved by categorization of conduct but must be decided directly on the facts of each case. State v. Huber, 361 N.W.2d 236 (N.D.1985) [citing to the Model Penal Code and Commentaries (Revised Commentaries, 1980) ]. See also State v. Trieb, 315 N.W.2d 649 (N.D.1982). If we are to decide that issue on a case-by-case basis, citations to decisions which appear to categorize conduct and apply that categorization as a matter of law, not on the facts of each case, serve no useful purpose where we purport to not decide the issue.