GOVERNMENT RECORD
A.R.S. 13-502: insanity test and guilty-except-insane defense
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Current official statute checked October 12: legal insanity concerns mental disease or defect at the time of the criminal act such that the person did not know it was wrong; defendant must prove it by clear and convincing evidence. Does not establish a pending or resolved defense in this case.
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Current official statute checked October 12: legal insanity concerns mental disease or defect at the time of the criminal act such that the person did not know it was wrong; defendant must prove it by clear and convincing evidence. Does not establish a pending or resolved defense in this case.