1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 253 Hospitals for Persons with Mental Illness
Section 253.25 Commitment before conviction.

253.25 Commitment before conviction.

When any person under indictment or information and before trial thereon shall be found to be incompetent to proceed and to have homicidal tendencies; or when during the trial of any person on an indictment or information such person shall be found to be incompetent to proceed and to have homicidal tendencies, the court in which such indictment or information is filed shall forthwith commit such person to the Minnesota Security Hospital for safekeeping and treatment and such person shall be received and cared for thereat until recovery when the person shall be returned to the court from which the person was received there to be dealt with according to law.

HIST: (4533) 1907 c 338 s 6; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1985 c 21 s 46; 1986 c 444

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