Automatism Criticisms
- Created by: Amy Baron
- Created on: 14-01-13 16:00
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- Criticisms - Automatism
- Odd that a distinction is made in diabetes cases (i.e. internal/external)
- Quick: Hypoglycaemia (took insulin and failed to eat) = Automatism
- Hennessy: failed to take insulin and suffered Hyperglycaemia as a result
- Unfair to allow one Automatism (full acquittal) and deem the other insane?
- Quick: Hypoglycaemia (took insulin and failed to eat) = Automatism
- Unfair to allow one Automatism (full acquittal) and deem the other insane?
- Unfair to allow one Automatism (full acquittal) and deem the other insane?
- When does an external factor become an internal one?
- E.g. kick in the head
- Leads to epilepsy
- Leads to fit during which attack someone
- Insanity or Automatism?
- Leads to fit during which attack someone
- = Difficulties
- Leads to epilepsy
- E.g. kick in the head
- Automatism includes dissasociative states caused by extraordinary events
- Such as PTSD caused by **** in R v T 1990
- But when caused by ordinary, everyday events, come under insanity
- Like sleepwalking in R v Burgess 1991
- Inconsistency and uncertainty
- But when caused by ordinary, everyday events, come under insanity
- Like sleepwalking in R v Burgess 1991
- But when caused by ordinary, everyday events, come under insanity
- Odd that a distinction is made in diabetes cases (i.e. internal/external)
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