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Article Title
Document Type
Peach Sheet
Abstract
The Act provides for the appointment of a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist by the court in all criminal cases where a plea of insanity is raised. The person(s) appointed will examine the defendant and testify at trial. A plea of guilty but mentally ill at the time of the crime is not accepted until the defendant has been examined and a hearing on the issue is held. The Act also provides that a civil term of court will not be included in computing the term at which a misdemeanor case must be brought to trial after a demand for trial is made.
Recommended Citation
Georgia State University Law Review
(1984)
"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Guilty But Mentally Ill,"
Georgia State University Law Review:
Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 19.
Available at:
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol1/iss2/19