Mentality Flashcards
1
Q
Test of insanity
Person exempt from liability if he is totally deprived of understanding and memory
Knows no more than infant, brute, or wild beast
A
Wild beast rule
2
Q
Insanity test
At the time of act, accused was laboring from a disease of mind as not to know nature and quality of what he is doing
A
Mcnaughten rule
3
Q
Person insane when he is incapable of resisting himself despite understanding and knowing he is wrong
A
Irresistible impulse rule
4
Q
Not criminally responsible if his act was product of mental disease or defect
A
Durham rule
5
Q
Defendant lacked substantial capacity to appreciate criminality of his conduct to the requirements of law
A
Currens rule
