Statutes > South Dakota Statutes > 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.

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.