When any person is indicted for an offense and acquitted on the ground of having an intellectual disability, the jury rendering the verdict shall state in the verdict that ground and whether the accused constitutes a danger to life or property and to the peace and safety of the community. If the jury certifies that the person with an intellectual disability is dangerous to the peace and safety of the community or to himself or herself, the circuit court shall proceed with the person according to the law provided in the case of persons with an intellectual disability, the person with an intellectual disability himself being remanded to custody to await the further action of the circuit court.Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp, § 5728x; 1930, § 7287; 1942, § 6777; Laws, 1920, ch. 210; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 38; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 84, eff. 4/1/2010.Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 479, HB 1088,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
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