Diminished Responsibility

Question 1

Act?

Answer 1

S2 Homicide Act 1957 (as amended by S 52 Coroners and Justice Act 2009)

Question 2

AMF: (Byrne)

Answer 2

“This is a state of mind so different from the ordinary human being that the reasonable man would find it abnormal”

Question 3

(Ahluwalia)

Answer 3

Battered wives syndrome

Question 4

(Reynolds)

Answer 4

Post natal depression

Question 5

(Speake)

Answer 5

Mental deficiency

Question 6

(Seers)

Answer 6

Depression

Question 7

(Byrne)

Answer 7

Sexual psychopath

Question 8

(Wood)

Answer 8

Alcohol dependency syndrome

Question 9

(Smith)

Answer 9

Premenstrual tension

Question 10

Substantial impairment S52(1)(b)

Answer 10

If they cannot:
A. Understand the nature of their conduct
B. Form a rational judgment
C. Exercise self control

Question 11

Impairment: (Golds)

Answer 11

“important or weighty”

Question 12

Explains conduct S52(1)(c)

Answer 12

Causation

Question 13

Intoxication: (Egan)

Answer 13

Intoxication alone is not a “substantial impairment”

Question 14

Intoxication:( Diestschmann)

Answer 14

Jury ignore the effects of intoxication and decide whether Ds ability is substantially impaired by abnormality of mental functioning