Creado por Yasmine King
hace más de 7 años
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Pregunta | Respuesta |
Byrne (case facts) | D a sexual psychopath,strangled and mutilated a young woman. Medical evidence suggested he couldn't control himself |
Byrne (legal principle) | " A state of mind so different from that of an ordinary human being that a reasonable man would term it abnormal" Has to be at the time of the killing |
Martin | Paranoid Personality Disorder |
Ahluwalia | Battered women's syndrome |
Seers | Depression |
Boots | Post natal depression |
Edgington | Schizophrenia |
Di Duca (legal principle) | The effects of alcohol or drugs is not a medical condition |
Wood (legal principle) | Alcohol dependency syndrome and drug dependency syndrome are RMC's |
Tandy (case facts) | Mrs T drank voluntarily so was able to control it. Not Alcohol dependency |
Tandy (legal principle) | Persistent abuse of alcohol or drugs that leads to brain damage is an RMC |
Lloyd (legal principle) | More than trivial but less than total |
Golds (legal principle) | Ask the jury whether any impairment made any real differences to the D's conduct |
Dietschmann (case facts) | D suffering from an adjustment disorder in the form of a depressed grief reaction to the death of his aunt. He had also been drinking before killing the victim |
Dietschmann (legal principle) | Doesn't have to be the sole cause |
Saunders (legal principle) | Jury do not have to accept medical evidence in isolation, other circumstances can be considered |
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