2001 Minnesota Statutes

     253.25 Commitment before conviction. 

    When any person under indictment or information and before 
 trial thereon shall be found to be incompetent to proceed and to 
 have homicidal tendencies; or when during the trial of any 
 person on an indictment or information such person shall be 
 found to be incompetent to proceed and to have homicidal 
 tendencies, the court in which such indictment or information is 
 filed shall forthwith commit such person to the Minnesota 
 Security Hospital for safekeeping and treatment and such person 
 shall be received and cared for thereat until recovery when the 
 person shall be returned to the court from which the person was 
 received there to be dealt with according to law.  

    HIST: (4533) 1907 c 338 s 6; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1985 c 21 s 46; 
 1986 c 444