(DOWNLOAD) "In Re Ramon M." by Colorado Supreme Court * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Ramon M.
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 10, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Penal Code section 26 codifies the rarely used defense of idiocy as well as the better known defense of insanity. The California courts until recently have employed the same standard, the MNaghten test, to govern both defenses. In People v. Drew (1978) ante page 333 [149 Cal. Rptr. 275, 583 P.2d 1318], however, this court repudiated the MNaghten test of insanity and adopted instead the American Law Institute (ALI) formulation: "A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law." (Model Pen. Code (Proposed
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