Insanity

Question 1

What kind of a defense is insanity?

Answer 1

Insanity is an excuse defense

Question 2

What are the three factors that can cause someone to be incompetent to stand trial?

Answer 2

1. Mental Retardation or Developmental Disability
2. Mental Illness
3. Uneducated

Question 3

What are the two factors of the McNaughten test

Answer 3

1. You did not know that what you were doing is illegal
   Note: ignorance of the law is no excuse, but mental illness is factored in
2. You did not know that what you were doing is morally wrong
   (Example, the Yates Case)

Question 4

Irresistible Impulse Test

Answer 4

You knew what you were doing, but due to mental illness you could not control your impulse