The case example of 'Clarke' showed what legal point relating to the law of insanity?
Mere absent-mindedness or confusion is not a defect of reason and is not insanity.
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What was the legal point that was made by the case of 'Sullivan?'
Organic and functional diseases are included in insanity and the defence can apply where the insanity is temporary.
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Hennessy and Quick were both cases relating to insanity and diabetes, choose the correct relationship of these two offences and insanity...
In 'Hennessy' it was ruled that if the diabetes/disease affects the mind it is within the rules of insanity. In 'Quick' it was ruled that if the effect of a drug/insulin causes the defendant to act that way then it does not come under insanity.
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What case does the following statement relate too...'If the defendant knows what he has done is legally wrong then he is not insane by the M'Naghten Rules'?
Windle
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What was the legal point of the case of 'Johnson'?
If defendant knows that what he has done is legally wrong then he is not insane by the M'Naghten rules.
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The case example of 'Kemp' related to what legal point on the defence of insanity?
The condition must affect mental reasoning, memory and understanding.
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The legal point of the case of 'Burgess' was that if the condition is sleep walking, then the cause must be internal. True or False?
True
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If the defence is successful then the verdict is 'Not guilty of murder by reason of insanity'. True or False?
False
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What was the legal point that was made by the case of 'Sullivan?'
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Organic and functional diseases are included in insanity and the defence can apply where the insanity is temporary.
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Hennessy and Quick were both cases relating to insanity and diabetes, choose the correct relationship of these two offences and insanity...
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Card 4
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What case does the following statement relate too...'If the defendant knows what he has done is legally wrong then he is not insane by the M'Naghten Rules'?
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Card 5
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What was the legal point of the case of 'Johnson'?
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