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INSANITY DEFENSE [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Courts
CONT

A defendant who lacks the mental capacity to waive an insanity defense still has the right to testify, regardless of whether the testimony helps or harms the defense, the state Supreme Court ruled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Les témoins ont le droit de témoigner dans l'une ou l'autre langue officielle à l'enquête préliminaire et au procès.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Penal Law
CONT

In a criminal trial, the insanity defenses are possible defenses by excuse, via which defendants may argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law, as they were mentally ill at the time of their allegedly criminal actions.

CONT

In order to support a defence of insanity the disease must, of course, be of such intensity as to render the accused incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the violent act or of knowing it was wrong.

Key term(s)
  • defense of insanity
  • mental disorder defense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Afin d'appuyer une défense d'aliénation mentale, la maladie doit, bien sûr, être d'une intensité telle qu'elle rende l'accusé incapable de juger la nature et la qualité de l'acte violent ou de savoir qu'il est mauvais.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A defendant in a criminal prosecution may undergo a psychiatric examination to determine competence to stand trial or to establish a defense based on some mental condition, such as insanity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

examen psychiatrique : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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