Criminal defendants with mental illnesses; civil inpatient commitment guidelines for criminal defendants further provided

Summary

The measure adds people found incompetent to stand trial and not likely to become competent to the definition of “defendant” for mental‑illness cases. It also limits the state mental health department from keeping such defendants longer than the maximum prison term they could receive, or 20 years, whichever is shorter, with exceptions for capital murder or ongoing civil commitment. The changes are meant to align custody periods with criminal sentencing.

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