Diminshed Responsibility

Question 1

This means a state of mind so different to that of the ordinary man that the ordinary man would seem it abnormal

Answer 1

R v Byrne 1960

Question 2

Depression case

Answer 2

R v Seers

Question 3

Pre-Menstrual Tension case

Answer 3

R v Smith

Question 4

Cumulative effects of Battered Wife Syndrome

Answer 4

R v Hobson

Question 5

Schizophrenia case

Answer 5

Erskine

Question 6

Aspergers case

Answer 6

Jama

Question 7

Paranoia case

Answer 7

Martin

Question 8

Epilepsy case

Answer 8

Campbell

Question 9

Impairment of mental function need not be total

Answer 9

R v Lloyd 1967, confirmed by Brown 2012

Question 10

Judges directed to ignore the effects of intoxication due to them being external factors

Answer 10

R v Tandy 1988, reiterated in Dowds 2012

Question 11

Alcohol dependency can be considered

Answer 11

R v Wood 2008 was later clarified in R v Stewart 2009

Question 12

If there is a combination of factors with intoxication being one, the jury must decided whether there was a substantial impairment excluding intoxication

Answer 12

R v Gittens 1984, his was confirmed in Dietschmann 2003 and Hendy 2006

Question 13

DR was introduce under… And amended by the…

Answer 13

S.2 Homicide Act modified by S.52 Coroners and Justice Act