Section 46-14-103 – Mental disease or disorder or developmental disability excluding fitness to proceed

May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Montana

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.

ยง 46-14-103, MCA

Amended by Laws 2015, Ch. 161, Sec. 12, eff. 4/1/2015.
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.