A person under sentence of death shall not be executed when it is determined under the provisions of this article that the person is mentally incompetent to be executed as defined in Code Section 17-10-60.
O.C.G.A. § 17-10-61
No execution upon determination of mental incompetency to be executed
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Ford v. Wainwright (1986)
Most recently applied in State v. Perry (November 1992)
— Code 1981, § 17-10-61, enacted by Ga
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