Difference between revisions of "Mental Incapacity"

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Examples of incapacity include:
 
Examples of incapacity include:
  
[[Insanity Defense]]
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*[[Insanity Defense]]
  
[[Diminished Capacity Defense]]
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*[[Diminished Capacity Defense]]
 
 
[[Infancy Defense]]
 
  
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*[[Infancy Defense]]
  
  
  
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See generally [[Defenses]]
 
See generally [[Defenses]]

Revision as of 16:07, 8 November 2010

Under this defense, the lawyer argues that the defendant lacked the capacity to distinguish right from wrong or to understand the likely consequences of his/her actions.

Examples of incapacity include:



See generally Defenses