Mental Disease or Defect

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. General Provisions
  5. Principles of Criminal Liability
  6. Mental Disease or Defect

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Section
5-2-301

Definitions

Section
5-2-302

Lack of fitness to proceed generally

Section
5-2-303

Admissibility of evidence to show mental state

Section
5-2-304

Notice requirement

Section
5-2-306

Access to defendant by examiners of his or her choice

Section
5-2-307

Admissibility of statements made during examination or treatment

Section
5-2-308

Expert witnesses — Mental health examiner

Section
5-2-309

Determination of fitness to proceed

Section
5-2-310

Lack of fitness to proceed — Procedures subsequent to finding

Section
5-2-311

Lack of fitness to proceed — Motions without defendant's personal participation

Section
5-2-312

Lack of criminal responsibility — Affirmative defense

Section
5-2-313

Acquittal based on lack of criminal responsibility report

Section
5-2-314

Acquittal — Examination of defendant — Hearing

Section
5-2-315

Discharge or conditional release

Section
5-2-316

Conditional release — Subsequent discharge, modification, or revocation

Section
5-2-317

Jurisdiction and venue

Section
5-2-326

Restraint of an Arkansas State Hospital patient

Section
5-2-327

Examination of defendant — Fitness to proceed

Section
5-2-328

Examination of defendant — Affirmative defense of lack of criminal responsibility

Section
5-2-329

Data to be maintained by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services

Section
5-2-330

Examination by Division of Correction prohibited

Section
5-2-331

Cost of mental health services, examination, and treatment of defendant