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Tex. Penal Code § 8.01 — Insanity

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 8: GENERAL DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 8.01

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 8.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that, at the time of the conduct charged, the actor, as a result of severe mental disease or defect, did not know that his conduct was wrong. (b) The term "mental disease or defect" does not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct.

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