439 Pa. Super. 530 - Commonwealth v. Eck’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · Commonwealth v. Klinghoffer · Commonwealth v. Demmitt · Commonwealth v. Stoyko · Commonwealth v. Woodhouse
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“(a) GENERAL RULE. — A person who timely offers a defense of insanity in accordance with the Rules of Criminal Procedure may be found "guilty but mentally ill” at trial if the trier of facts finds, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the person is guilty of an offense, was mentally ill at the time of the commission of the offense and was not le-gaily insane at the time of the commission of the offense. (c) DEFINITIONS. — For the purposes of this section and 42 Pa.C.S. § 9727 (relating to disposition of persons found guilty but mentally ill): (1) “Mentally ill." One who as a result of mental disease or defect, lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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