A defendant waives the privilege against self incrimination when he interposes an insanity defense. However, a defendant's waiver of this privilege because of his plea of insanity only permits the psychiatrist to testify as to the facts which formulate the basis of his medical opinion on the question of sanity. The psychiatric testimony may not be considered on the issue of guilt. The foregoing principles control whether it be the prosecution or the defendant who requests...
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