Mental disease or defect
Sec. 6. (a) A person is not responsible for having engaged in
prohibited conduct if, as a result of mental disease or defect, he was
unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct at the time of
the offense.
(b) As used in this section, "mental disease or defect" means a
severely abnormal mental condition that grossly and demonstrably
impairs a person's perception, but the term does not include an
abnormality manifested only by repeated unlawful or antisocial
conduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.340, SEC.11; P.L.184-1984, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 24, 2006