Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Trial Procedure
Section 13A-715.1 - Defense of Lack of Mental Responsibility

(a)    (1)    It is an affirmative defense in a trial by court–martial that, at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the accused, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of the acts.
        (2)    Mental disease or defect does not otherwise constitute a defense.
    (b)    Procedures for the defense of lack of mental responsibility will be governed by the rules of use of courts–martial to the extent they do not conflict with State substantive law.

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