Voluntary manslaughter - diminished responsibility model ao1

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DR is defined in...

Section 52 of the CJA 2009

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States that a defendant should not be convicted of murder if...

They were suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning which arose from a recognised medical condition, which substantially impaired the defendant's ability to understand the nature of their conduct, form a rational judgement, or exercise self-cont

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An abnormality of mental functioning (case)

R v Byrne

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A recognised medical condition

Can either by psychological or physical

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Chronic depression is a recognised medical condition

R v Lloyd

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Voluntary intoxication is not a recognised medical condition

R v Dietschmann

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Alcohol dependency syndrome is a recognised medical condition

R v Wood

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To provide an explanation for the killing, the abnormality of mental functioning must have been...

A significant contributory factor in causing the defendant to carry out the conduct

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R v Byrne

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R v Lloyd

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Voluntary manslaughter - diminished responsibility model ao1