No statement or disclosure by the defendant concerning the alleged offense made during a competency evaluation ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.1, a mental state at the time of the offense evaluation ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.5, or treatment ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.2 or § 19.2-169.6 may be used against the defendant at trial as evidence or as a basis for such evidence, except on the issue of his mental condition at the time of the offense after he raises the issue pursuant to § 19.2-168.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-169.7
Disclosure by defendant during evaluation or treatment; use at guilt phase of trial
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Nance v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in Nance v. State (February 2000)
1982, c. 653.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.