Neri v. Heilig

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• a judgment of not guilty by reason of insanity does not constitute a conviction; rather, it operates as an acquittal of the charged offense
• statute allowing a competent defendant's counsel to seek NGRI over the defendant's objection is constitutional so long as the trial court determined that the defendant's competence was not sufficient to independently make the decision to abandon NGRI defense

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