The M'Naghten rule states that the insanity defence is appropriate if a person:
a) Has an irresistible impulse leading him or her to commit a crime.
b) Has a diagnosable mental illness.
c) Is not competent to stand trial.
d) Does not know right from wrong at the time of the criminal act.
Question 2
Which of the following was not a result of Bill C-30?
a) Provincial review boards rather than the lieutenant governor determined fitness to stand trial.
b) The accused person could not be treated against his or her own will.
c) The assessment of mental state could only be completed prior to the trial and not revised.
d) The term not guilty by reason of insanity was changed to not criminally responsible.
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