Abstract
This Note provides a critique of Arizona's new insanity defense. It first lays out a background for Arizona's new insanity defense statute, "guilty except insane," and then moves on to analyze the dilemmas surrounding the application and interpretation of the new law. The author also considers the unresolved issue of whether Arizona's insanity defense should be treated as a conviction for the purpose of the deprivation of collateral rights. The Note concludes that Arizona's new insanity defense statute contains ambiguous language and is subject to problematic interpretations.
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40 Ariz. L. Rev. 287 (1998)
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