§ 315. Insanity
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 315
§ 315. Insanity
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the phrase “legally insane” means that, at the time of the commission of the offense, the actor was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if the actor did know the quality of the act, that he did not know that what he was doing was wrong.
Credits
1982, Dec. 15, P.L. 1262, No. 286, § 1, effective in 90 days.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 315, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 315
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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