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FlashCards por Yasmine King, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Yasmine King
mais de 7 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| 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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