CHAPTER 704

PENAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FITNESS TO PROCEED

 

Section

    704-400 Physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect

            excluding penal responsibility

    704-401 Evidence of physical or mental disease, disorder, or

            defect admissible when relevant to state of mind

    704-402 Physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect

            excluding responsibility is an affirmative defense;

            form of verdict and judgment when finding of

            irresponsibility is made

    704-403 Physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect

            excluding fitness to proceed

    704-404 Examination of defendant with respect to physical or

            mental disease, disorder, or defect

    704-405 Determination of fitness to proceed

    704-406 Effect of finding of unfitness to proceed

    704-407 Special hearing following commitment or release on

            conditions

    704-408 Determination of irresponsibility

    704-409 Access to defendant by examiners of defendant's

            choice

    704-410 Form of expert testimony regarding physical or

            mental disease, disorder, or defect

    704-411 Legal effect of acquittal on the ground of physical

            or mental disease, disorder, or defect excluding

            responsibility; commitment; conditional release;

            discharge; procedure for separate post-acquittal

            hearing

    704-412 Committed person; application for conditional

            release or discharge; by the director of health; by

            the person

    704-413 Conditional release; application for modification or

            discharge; termination of conditional release and

            commitment

    704-414 Procedure upon application for discharge,

            conditional release, or modification of conditions

            of release

    704-415 Disposition of application for discharge,

            conditional release, or modification of conditions

            of release

    704-416 Statements for purposes of examination or treatment

            inadmissible except on issue of physical or mental

            condition

  704-416.5 Supervision of person on conditional release

    704-417 Use of out-of-state institutions

    704-418 Immaturity excluding penal conviction; transfer of

            proceedings to family court

    704-419 Repealed

 

Note

 

  L 2001, c 91, §4 purports to amend this chapter.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Fitness to Proceed:  Compassion or Prejudice? II HBJ No. 13, at pg. 135.

 

Case Notes

 

  Provisions of chapter apply only to issues raised under the chapter.  7 H. App. 402, 771 P.2d 899.

  Chapter, based on model penal code, does not recognize diminished capacity as a distinct category of mitigation.  73 H. 109, 831 P.2d 512.