Court Opinion

ID: 9533751
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:34:19.185358+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:09.692827
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HENDERSON, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. Reference is made to my two dissenting opinions in State v. Robinson, 399 N.W.2d 324, 327-30 (S.D.1987), and Robinson v. Solem, 432 N.W.2d 246, 252-58 (S.D.1988), regarding *294constitutionality of our “Guilty But Mentally Ill” statutes.
As to that special writing reflecting that SDCL 22-5-10 is unconstitutional, I disagree, as allocation to the defendant of the burden of proving insanity is constitutional. See Leland v. Oregon, 343 U.S. 790, 72 S.Ct. 1002, 96 L.Ed. 1302 (1952); United States v. Freeman, 804 F.2d 1574 (11th Cir.1986); United States v. Amos, 803 F.2d 419 (8th Cir.1986).