insanity Flashcards
1
Q
what type of defence is it
A
general
2
Q
M’Naghten
A
set up the M’Naghten rules- court will always begin with a presumption of sanity until proven insane
3
Q
M’Naghten rules
A
- defect of reason
- coming from a disease of the mind
d either doesn’t know the nature and quality of his act or doesn’t know what he is doing is wrong
4
Q
defect of reasoning
A
deprived of the power of reasoning
5
Q
disease of the mind
A
legal rather than medical- meaning malfunctioning of the mind
6
Q
egs of mental and physical conditions
A
- sleepwalking
- epilepsy
- diabetes
- schizophrenia
- bipolar
7
Q
doesn’t know the nature or quality of his act
A
either no idea what he was doing at all (unconscious) or had some idea but was mistaken
8
Q
Hennessy
A
didn’t know the nature and quality of the act being committed
9
Q
Johnson
A
d doesn’t have to know its morally wrong, legally wrong or both
