• 2002 - Lack of Criminal Responsibility as Defense
  • K-3.06
    • Defenses
    • Defenses
    • Mental Disease Or Defect
    • Mental State
  • A person is not responsible for willful criminal conduct, if as a result of mental disease or defect existing at the time the conduct occurred 1) the person lacked substantial capacity to comprehend the harmful nature or consequences of the criminal conduct or 2) the criminal conduct was a result of a loss or serious distortion of the person's capacity to recognize reality.
    • 12.1-01-03
    • 12.1-04.1-01
    • 12.1-04.1-03
    • State v. Jensen, 251 NW2d 182 (ND 1977)
    • State v. Johnson, 2001 ND 184, 636 NW2d 391
    • State v. Throndson, 491 NW 628 (ND 1992)
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