Diminished Responsibility Flashcards
1
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Intro: Governed by
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S2(1) Homicide Act amended by S52 Coroners & Justice Act 1957
2
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Abnormality of Mental Functioning: Reasonable Person considers D’s State of Mind Abnormal
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Lord Parker CJ
3
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Abnormality of Mental Functioning: AMF does NOT have to be Present since Birth
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Gomez
4
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RMC: Medical Evidence Needed
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Bunch
5
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RMC: Medical Evidence Uncontested - Murder Withdrawn
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Brennan
6
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RMC: Depression
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Gittens
7
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RMC: Irresistible Impulses
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Byrne
8
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RMC: Battered Wife Syndrome
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Ahluwahlia
9
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RMC: Alcoholism
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Wood
10
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RMC: Alcohol Dependancy Syndrome
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Stewart
11
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RMC: Paranoia
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Simcox
12
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RMC: Epilsepsy
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Campbell
13
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RMC: Pre Menstural Tension
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Smith
14
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RMC: Post-Natal depression
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Reynolds
15
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RMC: Schizophrenia
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Moyle