Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-925
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institution.
When it is contended on behalf of the defendant in any criminal
prosecution that such defendant is at the time of the trial a person
who is impaired by reason of mental retardation, a mentally ill
person, an insane person, or a person of unsound mind, the court
shall submit to the jury a proper form of verdict, and if the jury
finds the defendant not guilty on account of such insanity, mental
illness, or unsoundness of mind, they shall so state in their
verdict, and the court shall thereupon order the defendant committed
to the state hospital for the mentally ill, or other state
institution provided for the care and treatment of cases such as the
one before the court, until the sanity and soundness of mind of the
defendant be judicially determined, and such person be discharged
from the institution according to law.
R.L. 1910, § 5932. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 14, eff. Nov. 1,
1998.
When it is contended on behalf of the defendant in any criminal
prosecution that such defendant is at the time of the trial a person
who is impaired by reason of mental retardation, a mentally ill
person, an insane person, or a person of unsound mind, the court
shall submit to the jury a proper form of verdict, and if the jury
finds the defendant not guilty on account of such insanity, mental
illness, or unsoundness of mind, they shall so state in their
verdict, and the court shall thereupon order the defendant committed
to the state hospital for the mentally ill, or other state
institution provided for the care and treatment of cases such as the
one before the court, until the sanity and soundness of mind of the
defendant be judicially determined, and such person be discharged
from the institution according to law.
R.L. 1910, § 5932. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 14, eff. Nov. 1,
1998.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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