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U.S. State Codes
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Alabama
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Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
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Chapter 16 - Insanity.
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Article 2 - Confined Persons.
Article 2 - Confined Persons.
Section 15-16-20 - Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons; proceedings where person found insane.
Section 15-16-21 - Suspension of felony trial to inquire into accused's sanity; proceedings upon jury findings; resumption of proceedings when sanity restored; release restriction.
Section 15-16-22 - Duty of judge to order examination of defendant in capital cases; observation and examination of defendant by commission on lunacy; report by commission; order of clerk of court; expenses of removal of defendant.
Section 15-16-23 - Suspending execution of death sentence of insane convict; order upon restoration to sanity; limitations on jurisdiction to suspend execution.
Section 15-16-24 - Special verdict of not guilty due to insanity; general verdict of not guilty or verdict of conviction.