Alaska Stat. § 12.47.130
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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.
(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.
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