{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-60","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-60","heading":"“Mentally incompetent to be executed” defined.","body":"As used in this article, the term “mentally incompetent to be executed” means that because of a mental condition the person is presently unable to know why he or she is being punished and understand the nature of the punishment.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 10 Sentence and Punishment","Article 3 Mentally Incompetent to Be Executed"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"4ab580db416450e86199a1e1a43312381020ed2ca2050df46e4c9ff5819017ce","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-44","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}