California Laws: Penal Code Sections 25-29

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• California Laws: Penal Code Section 25
  (a) The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished. In a criminal action, as well as any juvenile court proceeding, evidence concerning an accused person's...
• California Laws: Penal Code Section 25.5
  In any criminal proceeding in which a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity is entered, this defense shall not be found by the...
• California Laws: Penal Code Section 26
  All persons are capable of committing crimes except those belonging to the following classes: One--Children under the age of 14, in the absence of clear...
• California Laws: Penal Code Section 27
  (a) The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of this state: (1) All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any...
• California Laws: Penal Code Section 28
  (a) Evidence of mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder shall not be admitted to show or negate the capacity to form any mental state,...
• California Laws: Penal Code Section 29
  In the guilt phase of a criminal action, any expert testifying about a defendant's mental illness, mental disorder, or mental defect shall not testify as...