{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-302","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-302","heading":"Lack of fitness to proceed generally","body":"(a) No person who lacks the capacity to understand a proceeding against him or her or to assist effectively in his or her own defense as a result of mental disease or defect shall be tried, convicted, or sentenced for the commission of an offense so long as the incapacity endures.\n\n(b) A court shall not enter a judgment of acquittal on the ground of mental disease or defect against a defendant who lacks the capacity to understand a proceeding against him or her or to assist effectively in his or her own defense as a result of mental disease or defect.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 2","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"48906c152a4e36361608c8e6ef5da6b93be04da2158bc554e3233b08eccc10fd","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-301","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}