INSANITY Flashcards
what’s it under?
mcnaighten rules 1843
1st aspect of insanity
disease of mind affecting reasoning memory and understanding
KEMP
KEMP
suffered from artery thing caused temporary blackouts, assaulted wife w hammer
disease of mind so allowed
A03 for disease of mind
rules are narrow eg byrne, physical illness leads to insanity - not fair
what 4 aspects are there of disease of mind?
epilepsy - sullivan
sleepwalking - BURGESS park
diabetes - HENNESSY quick
disassociation- BURGESS t
BURGESS
attacked gf w wine bottle and vcr when sleepwalking. internal = insanity
parks- automatism
HENNESY
hadn’t taken insulin for 3 days, stole car and drove disqualified.
internal so insanity
quick- taken insulin so external so automatism
BURGESS
burgess had been in state of disassociation, internal factor so insanity
T- severely raped so external factor
EPILEPSY A03
leads ppl so pleading guilty for dumb shit
voluntary intoxication?
not allowed.
coley
second aspect of insanity
defect of reason, nature and quality of act and unaware that legally wrong
OYE
window
OYE
arrested during psychotic episode, punched office and drank toilet water.
mc naughtier A03
outdated, archaic, judicial creativity, diff medical knowledge
special verdict
guilty for not crime, conflicts w rol
DEFECT OF REASON A03
doesn’t cover d with disease of mine and up appreciates wrong but mornly wrong, still needs treatment (windle)