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  2. M'Naghten rules - Wikipedia

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    M'Naghten himself would have been found guilty if they had been applied at his trial. [6] [7] The rules so formulated as M'Naghten's Case 1843 10 C & F 200, [8] or variations of them, are a standard test for criminal liability in relation to mentally disordered defendants in various jurisdictions, either in common law or enacted by statute.

  3. Daniel M'Naghten - Wikipedia

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    There is disagreement over how M'Naghten's name should be spelt (Mc or M' at the beginning, au or a in the middle, a, e, o or u at the end). M'Naghten is favoured in both English and American law reports, although the original trial report used M'Naughton; Bethlem and Broadmoor records use McNaughton and McNaughten. [2]

  4. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Arizona (1966), the state may not force a defendant to submit to a psychiatric examination solely for the purposes of sentencing. Any such examination violates the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and is therefore inadmissible at sentencing. [163] 1981 – In Tokarcik v.

  5. ALI rule - Wikipedia

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    The ALI rule, or American Law Institute Model Penal Code rule, is a recommended rule for instructing juries how to find a defendant in a criminal trial is not guilty by reason of insanity.

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    [13]: 621 The M'naghten rule included that a person was not guilty because of insanity if, because of a mental disorder, the defendant was not able to know her act was wrong. [13]: 621 The court interpreted "wrong" to refer to knowledge the act was morally wrong, not knowledge that it was legally wrong.