21-5209. Defense of lack of mental state.
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21-5209. Defense of lack of mental state. It shall be a defense to a prosecution under any statute that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the culpable mental state required as an element of the crime charged. Mental disease or defect is not otherwise a defense.