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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 46C.051. Notice Of Intent To Raise Insanity Defense

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Art. 46C.051. NOTICE OF INTENT TO RAISE INSANITY 
DEFENSE.  (a) A defendant planning to offer evidence of the 
insanity defense must file with the court a notice of the 
defendant's intention to offer that evidence.
	(b)  The notice must:                                                          
	(1)  contain a certification that a copy of the notice has 
been served on the attorney representing the state;  and
	(2)  be filed at least 20 days before the date the case is set 
for trial, except as described by Subsection (c).
	(c)  If before the 20-day period the court sets a pretrial 
hearing, the defendant shall give notice at the hearing.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 831, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007