1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 46
  3. CHAPTER 14
  4. Part 1
  5. 46-14-103 Mental disease or disorder or developmental disability excluding fitness to proceed

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 14. MENTAL COMPETENCY OF ACCUSED

Part 1. Relevance of Mental Disease or Disorder

Mental Disease Or Disorder Or Developmental Disability Excluding Fitness To Proceed

46-14-103. Mental disease or disorder or developmental disability excluding fitness to proceed. A person who, as a result of mental disease or disorder or developmental disability, is unable to understand the proceedings against the person or to assist in the person's own defense may not be tried, convicted, or sentenced for the commission of an offense so long as the incapacity endures.

History: En. 95-504 by Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 95-504; amd. Sec. 151, Ch. 800, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 452, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 161, L. 2015.