Insanity Flashcards
1
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R v M’Naghten
A
- D killed an official while suffering from extreme paranoia.
- Definition
- Judges later formulated the test for insanity after the case.
2
Q
R v Clarke
A
- D took items from a shop and forgot to pay for them due to diabetes.
- ‘Defect of Reason’
- D is required to be deprived of the powers of reasoning.
3
Q
R v Kemp
A
- D had hardening of the arteries and attacked his wife with a hammer.
- ‘Disease of the Mind’
- The defence is concerned with the mind and not the brain.
4
Q
R v Quick
A
- D was diabetic.
He attacked a patient after taking his insulin but had eaten insufficient food. - ‘Disease of the Mind’
- An external cause, effect of the drug, so wasn’t insanity.
5
Q
R v Hennessy
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- D was diabetic and failed to take insulin for three days, during which he took a car without consent.
- ‘Disease of the Mind’
- The disease must originate from an internal source.
- This was internal, the diabetes.
6
Q
R v Burgess
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- D attacked his girlfriend after falling asleep.
- ‘Disease of the Mind’
- Sleepwalking is an internal factor and therefore insanity.
7
Q
R v Windle
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- Suffering from a mental disorder and killed his wife, who had constantly spoken of committing suicide.
- He knew what he had done was legally wrong, he was not insane by the M’Naghten Rules.
8
Q
R v Johnson
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- D, who was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and hallucinations, stabbed his neighbour.
- He knew what he had done was legally wrong, he was not insane by the M’Naghten Rules.
9
Q
R v Sullivan
A
- Injured friend during epileptic fit.
- Insanity included any organic or functional disease. It also applied even where it was temporary.
