Sec. 6. (a) A person is not responsible for having engaged in prohibited conduct if, as a result of mental disease or defect, he was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct at the time of the offense.
(b) As used in this section, "mental disease or defect" means a severely abnormal mental condition that grossly and demonstrably impairs a person's perception, but the term does not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated unlawful or antisocial conduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.11; P.L.184-1984, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 41. Substantive Criminal Provisions
Chapter 3. Defenses Relating to Culpability
35-41-3-2. Use of Force to Protect Person or Property
35-41-3-3. Use of Force Relating to Arrest or Escape
35-41-3-6. Mental Disease or Defect
35-41-3-11. Mental Disease or Defect; Use of Justifiable Reasonable Force
35-41-3-12. Defense to Crime Involving the Death of or Injury to a Fetus; Exceptions