 | Jim Phillips, Rosemary Gartner - 2003 - 382 Seiten
...was based on what are known as the McNaughtan rules, laid down in an 1843 English case,8 which states that "to establish a defence on the ground of insanity...proved that, at the time of committing the act, the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature... | |
 | Lawrence C. Hartlage PhD, ABPP, ABPN, Arthur MacNeill Horton, Jr. EdD, ABPP, ABPN - 2010 - 576 Seiten
...States after President Reagan was shot in 1981. The M'Naughten standard states to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was... | |
 | Alan M. Goldstein - 2003 - 626 Seiten
...Lord Chief Justice to two of the questions. The M'Naghten standard holds that to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease... | |
 | Thomas Grisso - 2003 - 568 Seiten
...to the Lords' request and answered in part with the following statement: "(T)o establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease... | |
 | Steven Pinker - 2003 - 532 Seiten
...man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that, to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of... | |
 | Joel Peter Eigen - 2003 - 252 Seiten
...Every man was presumed to be sane and to possess sufficient reason to distinguish right from wrong. It must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the prisoner was not sensible of the quality of the offence ... of which he was charged ... in other words,... | |
 | L. R. Uys, Lyn Middleton - 2004 - 788 Seiten
...criteria established during this case, which became known as the M'Naghten Rules, read as follows: To establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of... | |
 | John Delaney - 2004 - 467 Seiten
...Patterson v. New York, 432 US 197, 97 S.Ct. 2319 (1977)). l.lhe M'Nagbfen rule "To establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved: that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease... | |
 | Peter Vronsky - 2004 - 452 Seiten
...the United States, to define insanity in the courts. It states that to establish a successful defense on the ground of insanity: It must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease... | |
 | Jennifer Radden - 2004 - 470 Seiten
...1983). The insanity defense was codified by the M'Naghten Rules of 1843, which require, for insanity, that "at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality... | |
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... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality... 
