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Home » US Law » 2022 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.

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, §41.