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Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 32.--PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

22-3220. Defense of lack of mental state.It is a defense to a prosecution under any statute that thedefendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the mental staterequired as an element of the offense charged. Mental disease or defect is nototherwise a defense. The provisions of this section shall be in force and takeeffect on and after January 1, 1996.

History: L. 1995, ch. 251, § 20; July 1.

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22-3220

Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 32.--PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

22-3220. Defense of lack of mental state.It is a defense to a prosecution under any statute that thedefendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the mental staterequired as an element of the offense charged. Mental disease or defect is nototherwise a defense. The provisions of this section shall be in force and takeeffect on and after January 1, 1996.

History: L. 1995, ch. 251, § 20; July 1.

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22-3220

Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 32.--PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

22-3220. Defense of lack of mental state.It is a defense to a prosecution under any statute that thedefendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the mental staterequired as an element of the offense charged. Mental disease or defect is nototherwise a defense. The provisions of this section shall be in force and takeeffect on and after January 1, 1996.

History: L. 1995, ch. 251, § 20; July 1.