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Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness

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Section
552.010

Mental disease or defect defined.

Section
552.015

Evidence of mental disease or defect, admissible, when.

Section
552.020

Lack of mental capacity bar to trial or conviction — psychiatric examination, when, report of — plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease, supporting pretrial evaluation, conditions of release — commitment to hospital, when — statements of accused inadmissible, when — jury may be impaneled to determine mental fitness.

Section
552.030

Mental disease or defect, not guilty plea based on, pretrial investigation — evidence — notice of defense — examination, reports confidential — statements not admissible, exception — presumption of competency — verdict contents — order of commitment to department.

Section
552.040

Definitions — acquittal based on mental disease or defect, commitment to state hospital required — immediate conditional release — conditional or unconditional release, when — prior commitment, authority to revoke — applications for release, notice, burden of persuasion, criteria — hearings required, when — denial, reapplication — escape, notice — additional criteria for release.

Section
552.043

Hearings open to public.

Section
552.045

Transcript of proceedings and preliminary letter to institution, when.

Section
552.050

Mental illness during service of sentence, proceedings relating thereto.

Section
552.060

Mental disease or defect upon sentence to death.

Section
552.070

Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons.

Section
552.080

Court costs, examination fees, care and treatment, transportation, how paid.