 | James Boyd White - 1985 - 328 sider
...insanity so as to be incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense. "A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: "1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or "2. Not to know that the act was... | |
 | Quentin Reynolds - 1950 - 438 sider
...it is not infallible. Section 1120 of the Penal Law of the State of New York says, "A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as (1) not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or (2) not to know that the act was... | |
 | 1943 - 442 sider
...is worded in a manner closely similar to that in Judge Tindal's original opinion : A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or 2. Not to know that the act was wrong.... | |
 | Benjamin Nathan Cardozo - 2005 - 58 sider
...into the law of New York by the mandate of the statute. Penal Law, § 34, provides: "A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...insane person, except upon proof that at the time of the commission of the alleged criminal act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either... | |
 | Joseph Parrish - 1884 - 208 sider
...excused from criminal liability, as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, or of unsound mind, except upon proof that at the time of committing the...defect of reason, as either. 1. Not to know the nature of the quality of the act he was doing, or, 2. Not to know that the act was wrong. SEC. 22. No act... | |
 | 1915 - 650 sider
...some times divergent. In the State of Xew York a person is not excused from criminal liability, as a lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at...laboring under such- a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or not to know the act was wrong. In regard... | |
 | 1924 - 410 sider
...insanity in too narrow a manner. It provides that a person is not excused from criminal liability as an insane person except upon proof that, at the time...he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: "1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, "2. Not to know that the act was... | |
 | 1910 - 792 sider
...not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon the proof that, at the time of committing the alleged...laboring under such a defect of reason, as either (i) not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or (2) not to know that the act was... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1909 - 634 sider
...of normality is fixed in this state by statute. No person shall be excused from criminal liability except upon proof that at the time of committing the...act he was laboring under such a defect of reason, because of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy, or insanity, as not to know the nature of his act, or that it... | |
 | 1911 - 874 sider
...insanity so as to be incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense. A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either, 1. Not to know the... | |
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A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know the nature and... 
