California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rangel, 11 Cal.App.4th 291, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 529 (Cal. App. 1992):
[11 Cal.App.4th 300] "Section 28, subdivision (a) provides in pertinent part that evidence of mental illness 'shall not be admitted to show or negate the capacity to form any mental state,' but is 'admissible solely on the issue of whether or not the accused actually formed a required specific intent, premeditated, deliberated, or harbored malice aforethought, when a specific intent crime is charged.' (Italics added.)" (People v. Saille (1991) 54 Cal.3d 1103, 1111-1112, 2 Cal.Rptr.2d 364, 820 P.2d 588.)
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