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DEFENCES LLB1180: Week 9 Problem Question Issue 1 (Defence of mental illness): How could Albert be advised in relation to the defence of mental illness? Both accused and prosecution are entitled to raise the insanity defence (full defence) and whichever party raises the defence has the legal burden of proving on the balance of probabilities, as per Ayoub. To successfully raise the full defence of mental illness, Albert must prove the following elements which derive from the M'Naghtens Case; 1. The accused was labouring under a defect of reason when he or she committed the AR This element refers to the accused’s ‘inability to understand or reason not to have a certain degree of self-control or having an emotional state, inability to reason about the matter with a moderate degree of sense and composure’ (Porter).
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