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Insanity
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Mindmap on the defence of insanity and relevant cases.
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a2 law
aqa law
general defence
insanity
law
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Insanity
M'Naghten Rules
everybody is presumed to be sane
The defendant must show on a balance of probabilities that this is not the case
4~ does not know that his act is wrong
Windle
'I suppose they'll hang me for this'
2~ Disease of the Mind
(a malfunctioning of the mind)
Kemp
'any mental or physical illness affecting reason, memory or understanding'
Sullivan
epilepsy
Burgess
sleep disorders
Hennessy
diabetes
1~ Defect of Reason
R v Clarke
'deprived of the power of reasoning'
not simply confusion or absent mindedness
Sullivan
the source of the disease does not matter
permanent, transient or intermittent defect of reason
3~ Does not know the nature of his act
' in a state of unconsciousness or impaired consciousness'
'conscious but due to his mental condition does not understand or does not know what he is doing'
Codere
cut wife's neck thinking it was a loaf of bread
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