Section 15.40 Motion for Psychiatric Examination

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B. (§15.40) Motion for Psychiatric Examination

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Motion for Psychiatric Examination

_________________________, counsel for the defendant, moves the Court, on behalf of the defendant, _____________________, to order a psychiatric examination of the defendant at a facility of the division of mental health to determine:

whether the defendant has the capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense, and

whether the defendant, at the time of the alleged offense, as...