Section 33-10-146 - Defense of lack of mental responsibility

33-10-146. Defense of lack of mental responsibility.It is an affirmative defense in a trial by court-martial that, at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the accused, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of the acts. Mental disease or defect does not otherwise constitute a defense. Source: SL 2012, ch 175, §127.