No person who as a result of mental disease or defect lacks capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense shall be tried, convicted, sentenced or punished for the commission of an offense so long as such incapacity endures.
Idaho Code § 18-210
Lack of capacity to understand proceedings — Delay of trial
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case State v. Powers (1975)
Most recently applied in State v. Hamlin - Sexual abuse (April 2014)
I.C., § 18-210, as added by 1972, ch. 336, § 1, p. 844.
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Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.