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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 10A - Inquiry Into Defendant's Mental Competency To Proceed
Section 23A-10A-4.2 - Findings as to mental competence not prejudicing insanity defense--Inadmissible.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 23A-10A-4.2 (2021)
23A-10A-4.2. Findings as to mental competence not prejudicing insanity defense--Inadmissible.
A finding by the court that the defendant is mentally competent to stand trial may not prejudice the defendant in raising the issue of his insanity as a defense to the offense charged, and may not be admissible as evidence in a trial for the offense charged.
Source: SL 1985, ch 192, ยง41.
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