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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 653 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75846,"section_number":"19.2-168","catch_line":"Notice to Commonwealth of intention to present evidence of insanity; continuance if notice not given","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-168\/"},{"id":85695,"section_number":"19.2-169.1","catch_line":"Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.1\/"},{"id":66444,"section_number":"19.2-169.2","catch_line":"Disposition when defendant found incompetent","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.2\/"},{"id":60376,"section_number":"19.2-169.5","catch_line":"Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.5\/"},{"id":74002,"section_number":"19.2-169.6","catch_line":"Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission from local correctional facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168503,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64791,"identifier":"19.2-169.7","token":"19.2\/11\/19.2-169.7","url":"\/19.2-169.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-169.7\/","token":"19.2\/11\/19.2-169.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure by defendant during evaluation or treatment; use at guilt phase of trial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-169.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No statement or disclosure by the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> concerning the alleged <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> made during a competency evaluation ordered pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency\" href=\"\/19.2-169.1\/\">19.2-169.1<\/a>, a mental state at the time of the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> evaluation ordered pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results\" href=\"\/19.2-169.5\/\">19.2-169.5<\/a>, or treatment ordered pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Disposition when defendant found incompetent\" href=\"\/19.2-169.2\/\">19.2-169.2<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission from local correctional facility\" href=\"\/19.2-169.6\/\">19.2-169.6<\/a> may be used against the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> at <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> as <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> or as a basis for such <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span>, except on the <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> of his mental condition at the time of the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> after he raises the <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notice to Commonwealth of intention to present evidence of insanity; continuance if notice not given\" href=\"\/19.2-168\/\">19.2-168<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE BY DEFENDANT DURING EVALUATION OR TREATMENT; USE AT GUILT PHASE OF\nTRIAL (\u00a7 19.2-169.7)\n\nNo statement or disclosure by the defendant concerning the alleged offense made\nduring a competency evaluation ordered pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-169.1, a mental state\nat the time of the offense evaluation ordered pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-169.5, or\ntreatment ordered pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-169.2 or \u00a7 19.2-169.6 may be used against\nthe defendant at trial as evidence or as a basis for such evidence, except on\nthe issue of his mental condition at the time of the offense after he raises the\nissue pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-168.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 653.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}