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- Title
Morality and Command Delusions: Reviewing the Requirement of Wrongdoing in the M'Naghten Rules: R v Keal [2022] EWCA Crim 341, [2022] 4 WLR 41.
- Abstract
Keywords: insanity; M'Naghten; choice; delusions; wrongdoing; morality EN insanity M'Naghten choice delusions wrongdoing morality 130 133 4 05/19/22 20220401 NES 220401 The M'Naghten Rules have governed the law's approach to the question of a defendant's insanity at trial since the mid nineteenth century. In conclusion, Lord Burnett CJ took the view that the jury were correctly directed; the issue of whether the defendant knew that his conduct was "wrong" was a matter for them, and they were satisfied that the defendant did know that what he was doing was wrong.
- Subjects
DELUSIONS; INSANITY (Law); ETHICS; INSANITY defense; JURY instructions
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law, 2022, Vol 86, Issue 2, p130
- ISSN
0022-0183
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00220183221097324