HRS §704-400
When mental illness means you are not guilty
This section says a person is not guilty of a crime if a physical or mental illness made them unable to understand that what they did was wrong or unable to follow the law. But just having a pattern of breaking the law is not enough to count as such an illness.
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The statute, as written — Physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect excluding penal responsibility
(1) A person is not responsible, under this Code, for conduct if at the time of the conduct as a result of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect the person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of the person's conduct or to conform the person's conduct to the requirements of law. (2) As used in this chapter, the terms "physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect" do not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated penal or otherwise anti-social conduct.
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