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NEW YORK PENAL LAW

 Responsibility

Offenses
N.Y. Penal Law art. 260 (offenses relating to children and incompetents)
 

Defenses
N.Y. Penal Law § 30.00 (infancy)

N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00(18) (definition of "juvenile offender")
N.Y. Penal Law § 60.10 (disposition of juvenile offender)
N.Y. Penal Law § 60.02 (disposition of youthful offender)
    N.Y. Crim. Proc. art 720 (youthful offender procedure)

N.Y. Penal Law § 40.15 (mental disease or defect)

(a) Diminished Capacity

People v. Westergard, 497 N.Y.S.2d 65 (App. Div. 1985) (intoxication)

(b) Mental Disease or Defect: Process

N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 220.15 (plea; plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 250.10 (notice of intent to proffer psychiatric evidence; examination of defendant upon application of prosecutor)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 330.20 (procedure following verdict or plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect)

(c) Fitness to Proceed (competency)

N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law art. 730 (mental disease or defect excluding fitness to proceed)