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Diminished Responsibility Cases Flashcards

1
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Standard if proof is on the balance of probabilities

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WILCOCKS

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2
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Abnormality of mental functioning

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BYRNE

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3
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Medical evidence needed

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BUNCH

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4
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2 medical professionals agree, D must not be charged with murder

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BRENNAN

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5
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Depression

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SEERS

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6
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Asperger’s syndrome

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JAMA

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7
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Adjustment disorder

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DIETSCHMANN

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8
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Battered women’s syndrome

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AHLUWALIA

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9
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Schizophrenia

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KHAN

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10
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Alcohol dependency syndrome

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STEWART

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11
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Alcoholism

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WOOD

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12
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Personality disorder

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MARTIN

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13
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Postnatal depression

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REYNOLDS

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14
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Pre-menstrual tension

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SMITH

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15
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PSTD, Diabetes, epilepsy

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CAMPBELL

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16
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More than trivial, not total

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GOLDS, confirming LLOYD

17
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Intoxication on its own can’t be the explanation for the killing

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DOWDS

18
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Being intoxicated doesn’t prevent an abnormality of mental functioning from providing an explanation for the killing

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DIETSCHMANN

19
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Intoxication due to alcohol dependancy syndrome or alcoholism that caused damage to the brain can provide explanation

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STEWART / WOOD

20
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Can still rely on the defence if intoxication if it is in fact the cause of the killing

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JOYCE and KAY

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