State v. Delibero

How courts have described this case

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• holding no plain error in jury instruction that was not erroneous, but simply “capable of being improved”
• holding no plain error in jury instruction that was not erroneous, but simply \capable of being improved\
• concluding trial court did not err in trying together, and charging jury on, defense theories of diminished capacity and insanity
• “A jury considers evidence of diminished capacity in relation to the State’s burden to prove the essential elements of the crime.” (citation omitted)
• \Diminished capacity describes a disease or defect of mind that may negate the mental state that is an element of the offense charged.\
• evidence of defendant’s mental state may be considered in determining whether or not the State has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted “knowingly”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).