{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-12.47.080","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 12.47.080","heading":"Procedure upon verdict of not guilty.","body":"(a) If a defendant is found not guilty under AS 12.47.040(a)(2), the prosecuting attorney shall, within 24 hours, file a petition under AS 47.30.700 for a screening investigation to determine the need for treatment if the prosecuting attorney has good cause to believe that the defendant is suffering from a mental illness and as a result is gravely disabled or likely to cause serious harm to self or others.\n(b) In this section, “mental illness” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915.","path":["Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 47. Insanity and Competency to Stand Trial."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#12.47.080","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:46Z","sha256":"1c34d8f216cc9871fdaa3fc4bffd4f67b8e93eb9224408fd00737ba5495bbf98","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-12.47.070","next":"us-ak/as-12.47.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}