Insanity And Automatism

Question 1

What is insanity defined as and under?

Answer 1

Where D suffers from a defect of reason caused by a disease of the mind that causes them to not understand the N&Q of their acts or what they were doing was wrong (Mcnaughten rules)

Question 2

What is a defect of reason?

Answer 2

Total deprivation of power to control the mind (Clarke)

Question 3

What is a disease of the mind?

Answer 3

A RMC by the WHO (burgess-sleepwalking)

Question 4

What does D have to not understand?

Answer 4

N&Q of act or that what they were doing was legally wrong (windle)

Question 5

What is automatism?

Answer 5

An action done by the muscles without any control by the mind done by a person who is not conscious of what they are doing (bratty)

Question 6

What does D need to lose?

Answer 6

Complete destruction of voluntary control (Baxter)

Question 7

How does this need to be caused?

Answer 7

By an external factor such as diabetes

Question 8

How is automatism self induced?

Answer 8

Aware actions will bring state of automatism so intoxication rules will apply (lipman)