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Ohio · Through 1997-07-01 (Senate Bill 285 - 121st General Assembly)

Ohio Rev. Code § 2945.391: Not guilty by reason of insanity finding.

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  1. Title 29 Crimes-Procedure
  2. Chapter 2945 Trial

For purposes of sections 2945.371, 2945.40, 2945.401, and 2945.402 and Chapters 5122. and 5123. of the Revised Code, a person is "not guilty by reason of insanity" relative to a charge of an offense only as described in division (A)(14) of section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. Proof that a person's reason, at the time of the commission of an offense, was so impaired that the person did not have the ability to refrain from doing the person's act or acts, does not constitute a defense.

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