8 Wash. App. 495 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1977
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Leland v. Oregon · State v. Strasburg · 60 Wash. 2d 551 - State v. White · 50 Wash. 2d 740 - State v. Collins · 77 Wash. 2d 726 - State v. Tyler
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“For, as Lord Cooper said, when asked whether it was not desirable to have some yardstick to guide the jury; T do not think so, for this reason. . . . However much you charge a jury as to the M’Naghten Rules or any other test, the question they would put to themselves when they retire is — Is the man mad or is he not?’ The Royal Commission on Capital Punishment had little doubt that most English juries do the same.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The question before us is whether we, as the majority of jurisdictions, should refuse to extend absolute immunity from criminal responsibility to persons who, although capable of understanding the nature and quality of the acts ([and having] the ability to distinguish between right and wrong), are unable to control their own behavior as a result of mental disease or defect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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