INSANITY

Question 1

what are the m’naghten rules

Answer 1

D must shoe that at the time of the offence, he was suffering from:
1. Defect of reason
2. Disease of the mind
3. Did not know the nature or quality of his act
4. Did not know what he was doing was wrong

Question 2

what is a special verdict

Answer 2

not guilty by reason of insanity

Question 3

whats defect of reasoning

Answer 3

D is deprived of the power of reasoning when committing the crime.

Question 4

whats disease of the mind

Answer 4

legal rather than medical defintion, meaning a malfunctioning of the mind.
this includes internal factors

Question 5

what does the case of hennessy say

Answer 5

diabetes caused insanity
hyperglycaemia state

Question 6

what does not knowing nature and quality of conduct mean

Answer 6

d either had no idea what he was doing at all or d had some idea about what he was doing but was mistaken

Question 7

r v keal?

Answer 7

d must not know his act is both legally qrong and morally wrong