Definitions
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 374 Pa. Super. 549 - Commonwealth v. Trill (1988)
Most recently applied in Carson v. State (March 2012)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.5
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 1. As used in this article:
"Insanity" refers to the defense set out in IC 35-41-3-6.
"Mentally ill" means having a psychiatric disorder which substantially disturbs a person's thinking, feeling, or behavior and impairs the person's ability to function. The term includes having an intellectual disability.
"Omnibus date" refers to the omnibus date established under IC 35-36-8-1.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.