 ... 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 of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing...  Publications - Nebraska State Historical Society - Page 509by Nebraska State Historical Society - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Grisso - Law - 2003 - 568 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong" (McNaughtan's Case, 1843, p. 722.). Some states adopted the McNaughtan standard strictly, while others... | |
 | Robert I. Simon - Medical - 2008 - 272 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he knew it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong" (M'Naghten's Case 1843). Satisfaction oiM'Nagbten would require not only that "shell shock" or "railway... | |
 | Jeffrey E. Brower, Kevin Guilfoy - Philosophy - 2004 - 386 pages
...criminal insanity. A person is criminally insane if "at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong" (Goldstein 1967, 45). 21. This sentiment is compatible with the beliefs that (1) humans are nevertheless... | |
 | John Delaney - Criminal law - 2004 - 467 pages
...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...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." la. The M'Nagbten rule with the irresistible impulse test added If by reason of the duress of. . .mental... | |
 | Peter Vronsky - True Crime - 2004 - 452 pages
...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...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.136 In other words, to claim insanity, a defendant needs to prove that he could... | |
 | Stephen Kern - History - 2009 - 448 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." This rule, based solely on the cognitive capability of the accused with no allowance for emotional... | |
 | L. R. Uys, Lyn Middleton - Mental health - 2004 - 788 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. (Archbold in Kruger 1980: 172). In South Africa, the first concession to the mentally ill in criminal... | |
 | Donald T. Dickson - Law - 2010 - 662 pages
...the disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. M'Naghten's Case, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 at 722. For the federal standard, see the Comprehensive Crime Control... | |
 | Robert I. Simon, Liza H. Gold - Medical - 2004 - 626 pages
...defect of reason from a disease of mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act; or, if he knew it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." This rule, or some derivation of it, is still applied in many states today. intentional tort A TORT... | |
 | Crime - 1943 - 442 pages
...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...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. . . (3) That he (who) labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane.... | |
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