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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. |
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| | Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §393, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, | c. 549, §4, is amended to read: |
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| | 7. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the | context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the | following meanings. |
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| A. "Firearm" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A, | section 2, subsection 12-A. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| D. "Use of a dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as in | Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph A. |
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| | Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §39, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1985, c. 796, §5, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §40, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1985, c. 796, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 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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