Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=24-501
Timestamp: 2019-11-22 20:08:44
Document Index: 64917312

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 24', '§ 927', '§ 1', '§ 201', '§ 155', '§ 207', '§ 2', '§ 201', '§ 2', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 16', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 301', '§ 4243']

§ 24-501. Acquittal by reason of insanity; release after confinement; expenses of confinement; inconsistent statutes superseded; escaped persons; insanity defense; motions for relief.
(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, when an accused person is acquitted solely on the ground of insanity and ordered confined in a hospital for the mentally ill, the person and the person's estate shall be charged with the expense of the person's support in the hospital.
(2) The District shall not charge a person or his estate for the expense of the person's support in a hospital for the mentally ill if the source of the funds being sought to compensate the District were obtained as a result of:
(2) A motion for relief may be made at any time after a hearing has been held or waived pursuant to subsection (d) (2) of this section.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1340, ch. 854, § 927; Apr. 14, 1906, 34 Stat. 113, ch. 1624; July 2, 1945, 59 Stat. 311, ch. 217; Aug. 9, 1955, 69 Stat. 609, ch. 673, § 1; Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 735, Pub. L. 90-226, title II, § 201; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, §§ 155(a), 159(e), title II, § 207; May 7, 2005, D.C. Law 15-355, § 2, 51 DCR 10547; May 24, 2005, D.C. Law 15-358, § 201, 52 DCR 2015; May 1, 2008, D.C. Law 17- 150, § 2, 55 DCR 1459.)
1981 Ed., § 24-301.
1973 Ed., § 24-301.
"(a) If it appears to a court having jurisdiction of: (1) a person arrested, or indicted for, or charged by information with, an offense; or (2) a child subject to a transfer motion in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 16-2307, that, from the court's own observations or from prima facie evidence submitted to it and prior to the imposition of sentence, the expiration of any period of probation, or the hearing on the transfer motion, as the case may be, such person or child (hereafter in this subsection and subsection (b) of this section referred to as the "accused") is of unsound mind or is mentally incompetent so as to be unable to understand the proceedings against him or properly to assist in his own defense, the court may order the accused committed to the District of Columbia General Hospital or other mental hospital designated by the court, for such reasonable period as the court may determine for examination and observation and for care and treatment if such is necessary by the psychiatric staff of said hospital. If, after such examination and observation, the superintendent of the hospital, in the case of a mental hospital, or the chief psychiatrist of the District of Columbia General Hospital, in the case of District of Columbia General Hospital, shall report that in his opinion the accused is of unsound mind or mentally incompetent, such report shall be sufficient to authorize the court to commit by order the accused to a hospital for the mentally ill unless the accused or the government objects, in which event the court, after hearing without a jury, shall make a judicial determination of the competency of the accused to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings. If the court shall find the accused to be then of unsound mind or mentally incompetent to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings, the court shall order the accused confined to a hospital for the mentally ill.
"(a-1)(1) If the court determines after a hearing, or pursuant to a report of the superintendent of the hospital to which neither party objects, that the accused person is mentally incompetent to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings, and not likely to regain such competence in the reasonable future, and, if after a petition has been filed pursuant to § 21- 541, the court further determines that the person shall be released from further detention in the criminal or transfer proceeding, the court shall remand the person to the hospital and the hospital may detain the person pending a hearing on the petition conducted pursuant to § 21-542. Within 7 days of the remand order, a person so detained may request a probable cause hearing before the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under § 21-525 on the person's continued hospitalization, in which case a hearing shall be held within 24 hours after the receipt of the request.
"(2) If the court determines that the accused person shall be released from further detention in the criminal or transfer proceeding, but a petition has not been filed pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 21-541, the court may stay the person's release for a period not to exceed 48 hours and remand the person to the hospital for the period of the stay so that the superintendent of the hospital may have an opportunity to initiate proceedings for the person's hospitalization under subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 21.
"(b) Whenever an accused person confined to a hospital for the mentally ill is restored to mental competency in the opinion of the superintendent of said hospital, the superintendent shall certify such fact to the clerk of the court in which the indictment, information, or charge against the accused is pending and such certification shall be sufficient to authorize the court to enter an order thereon adjudicating him to be competent to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings, unless the accused or the government objects, in which event, the court, after hearing without a jury, shall make a judicial determination of the competency of the accused to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings."
D.C. Law 17-150 rewrote subsec. (f), which had read as follows:
"(f) When an accused person shall be acquitted solely on the ground of insanity and ordered confined in a hospital for the mentally ill, such person and his estate shall be charged with the expense of his support in such hospital."
"(a-1)(1) If the court determines after a hearing, or pursuant to a report of the superintendent of the hospital to which neither party objects, that the accused person is mentally incompetent to stand trial or to participate in transfer proceedings, and not likely to regain such competence in the reasonable future, and, if after a petition has been filed pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 21-541, the court further determines that the person shall be released from further detention in the criminal or transfer proceeding, the court shall remand the person to the hospital and the hospital may detain the person pending a hearing on the petition conducted pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 21-542. Within 7 days of the remand order, a person so detained may request a probable cause hearing before the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under D.C. Official Code § 21-525 on the person's continued hospitalization, in which case a hearing shall be held within 24 hours after the receipt of the request.
"(2) If the court determines that the accused person shall be released from further detention in the criminal or transfer proceeding, but a petition has not been filed pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 21-541, the court may stay the person's release for a period not to exceed 48 hours and remand the person to the hospital for the period of the stay so that the superintendent of the hospital may have an opportunity to initiate proceedings for the person's hospitalization under subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the District of Columbia Official Code."
Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 14-311 provides that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 15-165 provides that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Emergency Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14- 611, January 7, 2003, 50 DCR 703).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-44, March 24, 2003, 50 DCR 2809).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Emergency Amendment Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-289, January 6, 2004, 51 DCR 876).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Act 15-399, March 18, 2004, 51 DCR 3633).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Emergency Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Act 15-647, December 29, 2004, 52 DCR 235).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2005 (D.C. Act 16-56, March 17, 2005, 52 DCR 3178).
Law 14-311, the "Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Temporary Amendment Act of 2003", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 14-1008, and was retained by Council. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on December 17, 2002, and January 7, 2002, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on January 22, 2003, it was assigned Act No. 14-626 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 14- 311 became effective on June 12, 2003.
Law 15-165, the "Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Temporary Amendment Act of 2004", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 15-629, and was retained by Council. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on December 16, 2003, and January 6, 2004, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on January 29, 2004, it was assigned Act No. 15-335 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 15- 165 became effective on May 21, 2004.
Law 15-355, the "Prevention of Premature Release of Mentally Incompetent Defendants Amendment Act of 2004", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 15-665, which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on July 13, 2004, and October 5, 2004, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on November 1, 2004, it was assigned Act No. 15-566 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 15- 355 became effective on May 2005.
Law 15-358, the "Incompetent Defendants Criminal Commitment Act of 2004", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 15-967, which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on December 7, 2004, and December 21, 2004, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on January 19, 2005, it was assigned Act No. 15-748 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 15-358 became effective on May 24, 2005.
Law 17-150, the "Frank Harris, Jr. Justice Amendment Act of 2008", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 17-436, which was referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Judiciary. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on December 11, 2007, and January 8, 2008, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on January 24, 2008, it was assigned Act No. 17-261 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 17-150 became effective on May 1, 2008.
Transfer of Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: For transfer of certain persons found not guilty by reason of insanity in the District of Columbia, see § 301 of Pub. L. 104-294, 110 Stat. 3489, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 4243.