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criminally responsible by reason of insanity or a verdict or
finding of not criminally responsible by reason of mental
disease or defect guilty but insane, or of the equivalent in a
juvenile case, by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 
Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §393, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001,
c. 549, §4, is amended to read:

 
7. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the
context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the
following meanings.

 
A. "Firearm" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A,
section 2, subsection 12-A.

 
B. "Not criminally responsible by reason of mental
disease or defect" "Guilty but insane" has the same
meaning as used in Title 17-A, section 39 and includes the
former finding in this State of "not criminally
responsible by reason of mental disease or defect" under
Title 17-A, section 39 as well as the former finding under
former provisions of section 103 of "not guilty by reason
of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility" as
well as any comparable finding under the laws of the
United States or any other state.

 
C. "State" means the State of Maine and "state" means any
other state of the United States and includes the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the
possessions of the United States.

 
D. "Use of a dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as in
Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph A.

 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §39, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1985, c. 796, §5, is
further amended to read:

 
1. A defendant is not criminally responsible guilty but
insane if, at the time of the criminal conduct, as a result of
mental disease or defect, he the defendant lacked substantial
capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his the defendant's
conduct. The defendant shall have has the burden of proving,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that he the defendant
lacks criminal responsibility as described in this subsection.

 
Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §40, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1985, c. 796, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
4. If the jury in the first phase returns a guilty verdict,
the trial shall must proceed to the 2nd phase. The defendant
and


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