Code of Virginia § 19.2-169.7. Disclosure by defendant during evaluation or treatment; use at guilt phase of trial.
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No statement or disclosure by the defendant concerning the alleged offense made during a competency evaluation ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.1 , a mental state at the time of the offense evaluation ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.5 , or treatment ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.2 or § 19.2-169.6 may be used against the defendant at trial as evidence or as a basis for such evidence, except on the issue of his mental condition at the time of the offense after he raises the issue pursuant to § 19.2-168 .
1982, c. 653.