insanity

Question 1

what is the quote for insanity

Answer 1

“in all cases every man is presumed to be sane and to posses a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crime

Question 2

what are the 3 points of insanity

Answer 2

• a defect of reason
• this must be the result of a disease In the mind
• causing the d not to know the nature/quality of his act or that what he was doing is wrong

Question 3

r v Clarke

Answer 3

short periods of being absent minded fell far short of amounting to defect of reason

Question 4

r v kemp

Answer 4

a physical disease can be a disease of the mind if it affects d’s ordinary mental faculties of memory, reason and understanding

Question 5

r v sullivan

Answer 5

epilepsy can be a disease of the mind for insanity

Question 6

r v burgess

Answer 6

sleep walking can be a disease of the mind for insanity

Question 7

r v Hennessy

Answer 7

diabetes can be a disease of the mind for insanity (if not taken insulin)

Question 8

r v quick

Answer 8

diabetes caused by taking insulin is an external factor, so it is automatism

Question 9

oye

Answer 9

d did not know the nature of his acts and was not guilty by reason of insanity

Question 10

r v windle

Answer 10

D’s statement was evidence that he knew what he was doing and was hanged