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M'maghten
D must prove that they were under such degect of reason from a disease of the mind that they did not know the nature or quality of their act.
Clarke
She did not realise that she put goods in her bag while absent of mind. Insanity only applys for deprived of ability to reason, not failure of reasoning power
Kemp
D had arteriosclerosis and attacked his wife. A disease of the mind also includes physical disease that affect the mind
Sullivan
Suffered from epilepsy and during a fit attacked v. Epilepsy is a disease of the mind
Hennessy
Suffered from diabetes and stole a car while in a diabetic state. Diabetes is treated as disease of the mind
Burgess
Suffered from a sleep disorder and tried to strangle gf in his sleep. Sleep disorder is a disease of the mind
Wingle
D wife spoke of suicide so he gave her 100 aspirin, he had a mental illness. If you are aware your actions are legally wrong you cannot use insanity as a defence
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