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The _______________ required that at the time a person committed an offense,
 
  he/she
   was operating under a defect of reason from a disease of the mind and that such a defect
   resulted in the individual not being able to recognize the nature and quality of his/her
   actions, or not knowing that such actions were wrong
 
   a. Durham test
   b. irresistible impulse
   c. M'Naughten test
   d. Lord Bracton test

Question 2

A defendant is not responsible for criminal conduct where he/she, as a result of mental disease or defect,
 
  did not possess substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality
   of his/her conduct or to conform his/her conduct to the requirements of the law. This is
   known as the
 
   a. American Law Institute test
   b. Durham test
   c. Model Penal Code test
   d. Lord Bracton test



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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