2012 Statute
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21-5209. It shall be a defense to a prosecution under any statute that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the culpable mental state required as an element of the crime charged. Mental disease or defect is not otherwise a defense. |
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 20; July 1, 2011. |
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