Law 3101A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Insanity Defense, Mental Disorder, Determinative
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15 and 16 year old tried in adult court for murder jury rejected their defense of insanity convicted of 1st degree murder. Defence boy had psychosis thought killing everyone made him king of the world thought they had right to kill the victim. Scc allowed appeal and ordered new trial on insanity issue. Insanity defence should not unavailable just because accused knows act is legally wrong: may apply if they know act is illegal, but because of mental disorder, doesn"t know its morally wrong, r. v. dobson. Schizophrenia ncr nature and significance. Court shouldn"t be ncr murders were deliberate, intentional, and planned appreciated nature and significance. Offenders mental health relevant to possible designation as a dangerous or long term offender. Prior to designation, the court must remand an offender for an assessment and consider the resulting report before deciding whether to designate him or her a dangerous or long-term offender.
