{"id":13458,"date":"2018-02-09T06:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T06:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13458"},"modified":"2018-02-22T23:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:09:19","slug":"not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13458","title":{"rendered":"Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity &#8211; based on the insanity defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Proceedings (Prosecution) Step-by-Step<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Arraignment<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity<\/a>:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*********************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">not guilty by reason of insanity<\/span>:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>(1844)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>A criminal defendant\u2019s plea of <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not guilty<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><strong> that is based on the <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">insanity defense<\/span>.<\/strong> \u2014 Abbr. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>NGRI<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. \u2014 aka <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>not guilty on the ground of insanity<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-size: 18pt;\">insanity defense<\/span> &#8211;<\/strong> <em>Criminal law<\/em>. (1912) <strong>An affirmative defense alleging that a mental disorder caused the accused to commit the crime.<\/strong>\u00a0 See <strong>18 USCA \u00a7 17; Fed. R. Crim. P. 12.2.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Unlike other defenses, a successful insanity defense may not result in an acquittal but instead in a special verdict (\u201cnot guilty by reason of insanity\u201d) that usually leads to the defendant\u2019s commitment to a mental institution.<\/strong> \u2014 aka <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">insanity plea<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">insanity<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a mental disorder severe enough to prevent a person from having legal capacity, excusing them from criminal or civil responsibility;<em> constitutes an insanity defense<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-size: 18pt;\">black-rage insanity defense<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> (1995) <strong>An insanity defense based on an African-American\u2019s violent eruption of an er induced at least partly by racial tensions.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This defense was first used in the mid-1990s.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Various Tests used to Determine Sanity<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appreciation test<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; requires clear, convincing evidence that at the time of the crime, the defendant suffered from a severe mental disease or defect preventing them from appreciating the wrongfulness of the conduct. Established via the<em> Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984<\/em>: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:17%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section17)&amp;f=treesort&amp;edition=prelim&amp;num=0&amp;jumpTo=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 USCA \u00a7 17<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 aka<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <em>Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 test<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Currens<\/em> test<\/span><\/span><\/a> &#8211; requires no more than the jury must be satisfied that as a result of mental disease or defect, the accused lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Durham<\/em> test<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; holds that a defendant is not criminally responsible for an act that was the product of mental disease or defect. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 aka<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong> Durham rule<\/strong><\/em><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>product<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> test<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>McNaghten<\/em> test<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; the &#8220;right and wrong test&#8221; to determine a person&#8217;s sanity. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 aka<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong> McNaghten rule<\/strong><\/em><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>right-and-wrong test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em> right-wrong test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substantial-capacity test<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; the Model Penal Code\u2019s test for the insanity defense; determines if the person lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of the conduct or to conform their conduct to the law.\u00a0Model Penal Code \u00a7 4.01. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 aka<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>Model Penal Code test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>MPC test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>American Law Institute test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> <em>ALI test<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> All material throughout this website is compiled in accordance with<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=2191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Use<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>[1]: <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5154#sdfootnote1anc\" name=\"sdfootnote1sym\">Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black &amp; Editor in Chief Bryan A. 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Arraignment &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: ********************* not guilty by reason of insanity: (1844) 1. A criminal defendant\u2019s plea of not guilty that is based on the insanity defense. \u2014 Abbr. 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