abnormal mental condition: Ninth Ct Model Criminal Jury Instructions
Bill Stewart
bill.stewart at pobox.com
Fri Apr 13 15:10:19 PDT 2001
At 04:42 PM 04/12/2001 -0700, Ace Cholinesterace wrote:
>Ninth Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instructions
> 6.8 INTOXICATION—DIMINISHED CAPACITY
>
>You may consider evidence of [intoxication] [abnormal mental condition]
>in deciding whether the government
>has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted with the
>intent to commit [crime charged].
Does this include "The prosecutor was paranoid" or
"was the judge *stoned* or just senile?" as reasons to acquit?
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