Section 5-2-312 - Lack of criminal responsibility - Affirmative defense

(a)(1) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that at the time the defendant engaged in the conduct charged he or she lacked criminal responsibility.(2) When the affirmative defense of lack of criminal responsibility is presented to a jury, prior to deliberations the jury shall be instructed regarding the disposition of a defendant acquitted due to the defendant's lack of criminal responsibility as described under § 5-2-314.(b) When a defendant is acquitted on a ground of lack of criminal responsibility, the verdict and judgment shall state that the defendant was acquitted on a ground of lack of criminal responsibility.Amended by Act 2017, No. 472,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2017.Acts 1975, No. 280, § 601; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-601; Acts 2001, No. 248, § 1.