diminished responsibility Flashcards

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what is the definition of DR

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D was suffering an abnormality of mental functioning from a recognised medical condition which substantially impaired his ability to do one of th three specified things and explains his act or omission

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what is step 1 of DR

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D must have suffered with an abnormality of mental functioning
a state of mind so different from that of an ordinary human being that the reasonable man would term it abnormal (Byrne)

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what does the abnormality of mental functioning come from

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a recognised medical condition s52(1)(a)
Ds medical condition must be proven medically, and the jury will decide

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what does a recognised medical condition include

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sexual psychopath, chronic depression, premenstual tension, battered wife syndrome, post natal depression

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what is step 2 of DR

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substantially impaired s52(1)(b)
Ds ability to do 1 of 3 things must be substantially impaired
it must be important or weighty (golds)
it can’t just come from intoxication alone (egandowds)

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what are the 3 things in substantially impaired

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  1. understand the nature of their conduct
  2. form a rational judgment
  3. exercise self control
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what is step 3 of DR

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the abnormality of mental functioning must explain Ds conduct in killing s52(1)(c)

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what is causation of DR

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factual but for D abnormality, he wouldn’t have killed (white)
legal Ds abnormality was a more than minimal cause of the killing (smith)

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what is the conclusion of DR

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succeeds= Ds murder charges will be dropped to voluntary manslaughter
fail= D will be charged with murder

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