INSANITY mindmap LAW 03
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- Created on: 27-02-18 09:44
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- INSANITY
- M'NAUGHTON RULES
- Suffering from a Defect of Reason
- Complete loss of powers of reasoning CLARKE
- Not mere confusion or absent mindness
- Caused by a Disease of the Mind
- Any condition that impairs the mental faculties of reason, memory ad understanding SULLIVAN
- Legal definition not medical definition
- Defect must mean Defendant does not know what they are doing, or that act is legally wrong
- Defendant must not know nature of their act
- Can use defence of insanity if did not know act was legally wrong WINDLE
- Suffering from a Defect of Reason
- Not guilty by reason of insanity
- Burden of proof lies on defenant
- Prosecution, defence or judge can claim defendant was insane
- M'NAUGHTON RULES
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