TCA 40-18-117
Instructions concerning insanity
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When a defendant raises an insanity defense, the court must give the jury specific instructions explaining what legal insanity means and how to evaluate the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense.
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In all criminal cases in which the trial judge charges the jury on the law relating to the defense of insanity, the judge shall also charge the jury that, if it should find the defendant to be not guilty by reason of insanity, that it shall so state in its verdict.
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TCA Section40-18-117