 | Ceylon. Pārlimēntuva - 1959 - 1048 Seiten
...Defence of Diminished Responsibility. (a) Where a person kills or is a party to the killing of another he shall not be convicted of murder if he was suffering from such abnormality of mind (whether arising from a condition of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1964 - 860 Seiten
...provided in. part that an offender shall not be convicted of murder "if he was suffering from - >!• h abnormality of mind ... as substantially impaired...in Scotland for nearly one hundred years, and now lias finally been adopted by the English Parliament. The principle has hi practice been employed in... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1964 - 1384 Seiten
...Scottish law as well), h-as recently been adopted by Act of Parliament. Under this provision, a person "shall not be convicted of murder if he was suffering...his mental responsibility for his acts and omissions [9]." The principle has been specifically repudiated by the Supreme Court of the United States (with... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1970 - 258 Seiten
...responsibility whereby, under section 2 "where a person kills or is party to a killing of another, he shall not be convicted of murder if he was suffering from such abnormality of mind (whether arising from a condition of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes... | |
 | Lee Peng Kok, Molly Cheang, Kuan Tsee Chee - 1990 - 308 Seiten
...of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes or induced by disease, or injury) as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts and omissions in causing the death or being a party to causing the death." As in England, there are three essential... | |
 | R. G. Frey, Christopher W. Morris - 1991 - 450 Seiten
...accused in a murder case to be convicted of the lesser crime of manslaughter if the jury find that he is "suffering from such abnormality of mind ... as substantially...omissions in doing or being a party to the killing". Since its introduction, the defence of diminished responsibility has become very popular. Many defendants... | |
 | John Q. LaFond, Mary L. Durham - 1992 - 281 Seiten
...arrested or retarded development of the mind or any inherent causes or induced by disease or injury) as substantially impaired his mental responsibility...omissions in doing or being a party to the killing. 2.-(3) A person who, but for this section, would be liable, whether a principal or as accessory, to... | |
 | Kim Chong Chong - 1992 - 164 Seiten
...Homicide Act of England 1957 Cl 1S2 as: "Where a person kills or is a party to the killing of another, he shall not be convicted of murder if he was suffering from such abnormality of mind (whether arising from a condition of arrested or retarded development of the mind or any inherent causes... | |
 | David P. Goldberg, Sidney Benjamin, Francis Creed - 1994 - 374 Seiten
...The Homicide Act (1957) allows a person to be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder if he 'is suffering from such abnormality of mind ... as substantially impaired his mental responsibility' for the killing. (Abnormality of mind may include learning disability, mental illness, psychopathy, or... | |
 | Lee Peng Kok, Molly Cheang, Kuan Tsee Chee - 1994 - 364 Seiten
...of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes or induced by disease or injury) as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts and omissions in causing the death or being a party to causing the death." This provision reproduces the entire essence... | |
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Where a person kills or is a party to the killing of another, he shall not be convicted of murder if he was suffering from such abnormality of mind (whether arising from a condition of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes or... 
