Cja 354 Insanity Defense Paper
Insanity Defense Paper
Angela Harris, Samantha Kunz, Jermaine Kelley
CJA/354
June 8, 2014
Ann Perry
We believe that the defendant may not be competent to stand trial, due to the fact that he had has emotionally and mental issues. The defendant has no knowledge of the crime or its consequences, if put on the stand he may revert back to that emotional state of mind and will not be able to give and accurate statement and will not be able to understand charges and sentencing.
As a team we believe that Stu Dents is certainly not competent to stand trial due to the fact he is emotionally and mentally unstable. He clearly believes he is of higher power, while being arrested he kept stating he was god. While the officers were searching his home they found a room full of pictures of the victim. Mr. Dents displayed signs of obsessive compulsive disorder which while not severe is a mental illness on its own. Mr. Dents also displayed signs of psychotic disorders. One symptom of psychotic disorders would be hallucinations. It is apparent Mr. Dents suffers from hallucination he mistook a police officer for an alien. …show more content…
The State of New York applied the M 'Naghten rule to the insanity defense until 1965. The M’Naghten rule to the insanity defense states that a defendant should not be held responsible for his actions only if their mental disease was severe enough that they did not know their act would be wrong, or they did not know the nature and quality of their actions. There is much criticism over if the individual committing the act new the act was wrong and could control their
Angela Harris, Samantha Kunz, Jermaine Kelley
CJA/354
June 8, 2014
Ann Perry
We believe that the defendant may not be competent to stand trial, due to the fact that he had has emotionally and mental issues. The defendant has no knowledge of the crime or its consequences, if put on the stand he may revert back to that emotional state of mind and will not be able to give and accurate statement and will not be able to understand charges and sentencing.
As a team we believe that Stu Dents is certainly not competent to stand trial due to the fact he is emotionally and mentally unstable. He clearly believes he is of higher power, while being arrested he kept stating he was god. While the officers were searching his home they found a room full of pictures of the victim. Mr. Dents displayed signs of obsessive compulsive disorder which while not severe is a mental illness on its own. Mr. Dents also displayed signs of psychotic disorders. One symptom of psychotic disorders would be hallucinations. It is apparent Mr. Dents suffers from hallucination he mistook a police officer for an alien. …show more content…
The State of New York applied the M 'Naghten rule to the insanity defense until 1965. The M’Naghten rule to the insanity defense states that a defendant should not be held responsible for his actions only if their mental disease was severe enough that they did not know their act would be wrong, or they did not know the nature and quality of their actions. There is much criticism over if the individual committing the act new the act was wrong and could control their