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SDCL § 23A-10-2: Form of plea raising defense.
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- TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- CHAPTER 23A-10. (RULE 12.2) NOTICE OF MENTAL ILLNESS DEFENSE
A defendant in a criminal case raising the defense of insanity shall, at his arraignment, specially plead "not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity."
Source: SL 1953, ch 201, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.20A01; SDCL, § 23-37-1; SL 1978, ch 178, § 124; SL 1983, ch 174, § 8.
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