Posted: May 19th, 2017
Lenny was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia while still in college. Now, several years later, he has been charged with murder in the death of a neighbor after he inexplicably attacked the neighbor with a rake. Lenny is pleading insanity. Under the traditional (M’Naghten) test he should be acquitted if, due to his disease: a. :He did not know the nature and quality of his acts. b. He did not understand that what he was doing was wrong. c. Either of the above would support an acquittal. d. He acted under an irresistible impulse that he could not control. e. All of the above.
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