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Ind. Code § 35-41-3-6 — Mental disease or defect

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 3: Defenses Relating to Culpability, Indiana Code.

Full text of Ind. Code § 35-41-3-6

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Indiana.

Ind. Code § 35-41-3-6Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
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.

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