Texas Penal Code - Section 8.01. Insanity
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§ 8.01. INSANITY. (a) It is an affirmative defense to
prosecution that, at the time of the conduct charged, the actor, as
a result of severe mental disease or defect, did not know that his
conduct was wrong.
(b) The term "mental disease or defect" does not include an
abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise
antisocial conduct.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2640, ch. 454, § 1, eff. Aug.
29, 1983; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1994.
Section: 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 9.01
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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