CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCLOSURE BY DEFENDANT DURING EVALUATION OR TREATMENT; USE AT GUILT PHASE OF
TRIAL (§ 19.2-169.7)

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.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 653.