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A.R.S. § 13-4021 — Competency to be executed; definition
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Article 17: Insanity or Pregnancy of Person Under Death Sentence, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Full text of A.R.S. § 13-4021
Statutory text current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text published by the Arizona Legislature (Arizona Legislative Council compilation, azleg.gov); it is not the official statutes of the State of Arizona.
A. A person who is sentenced to death shall not be executed as long as he is mentally incompetent to be executed.
B. As used in this article, "mentally incompetent to be executed" means that due to a mental disease or defect a person who is sentenced to death is presently unaware that he is to be punished for the crime of murder or that he is unaware that the impending punishment for that crime is death.
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