2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-264.3:3 - Limitations on use of statements or disclosure by defendant during evaluations
19.2-264.3:3. Limitations on use of statements or disclosure by defendantduring evaluations.
No statement or disclosure by the defendant made during a competencyevaluation performed pursuant to 19.2-169.1, an evaluation performedpursuant to 19.2-169.5 to determine sanity at the time of the offense,treatment provided pursuant to 19.2-169.2 or 19.2-169.6, a mentalcondition evaluation performed pursuant to 19.2-264.3:1 or a mentalretardation evaluation performed pursuant to 19.2-264.3:1.2, and noevidence derived from any such statements or disclosures may be introducedagainst the defendant at the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial forthe purpose of proving the aggravating circumstances specified in 19.2-264.4. Such statements or disclosures shall be admissible in rebuttalonly when relevant to issues in mitigation raised by the defense.
(2003, cc. 1031, 1040.)
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