Citation

Bell CC. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 1980; 72(11): 1093-1097.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, National Medical Association (USA))

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7441789

PMCID

PMC2552600

Abstract

Not guilty by reason of insanity is a legal defense of murder. The acquittal of such an act is based on the court finding that the crime was due to the defendant's mental illness and not to criminal intent. The author presents characteristic case histories, as seen by him in the role of expert witness, that may serve as paradigms when the doctrine "not guilty by reason of insanity" is an appropriate defense.

Language: en