Key Votes
SB 216 - Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea - Key Vote
New Mexico Key Votes
Stages
- March 9, 2010 Executive Signed
- Feb. 16, 2010 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 11, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 28, 2010 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 9, 2010
Title: Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea
Signed by Governor Bill Richardson
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (40-21) - Feb. 16, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the "guilty but mentally ill" plea.
Highlights:
-Repeals the "guilty but mentally ill" plea to no longer permit a person who was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the commission of a criminal offense to be found guilty but mentally ill (Sec. 1).
-Repeals the authority of the court to impose any sentence upon a defendant who is mentally ill that could be imposed upon a defendant who has been convicted of the same offense without a finding of mental illness (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (22-19) - Feb. 11, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the "guilty but mentally ill" plea.
Highlights:
-Repeals the "guilty but mentally ill" plea to no longer permit a person who was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the commission of a criminal offense to be found guilty but mentally ill (Sec. 1).
-Repeals the authority of the court to impose any sentence upon a defendant who is mentally ill that could be imposed upon a defendant who has been convicted of the same offense without a finding of mental illness (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 28, 2010
Title: Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea
