Emanuel Jones has been on medication for several years to stop the voices he heard inside his head. He recently stopped taking his medication because it made him sleepy. Five days ago, during a visit with his best friend, Sam, Emanuel became angry and confused. He attacked Sam with a golf club and chased him from room to room as he tried to escape. He hit Sam several times with the gold club, and Sam died as a result of the wounds he sustained. Working as a member of the defense team, apply each of the three tests for insanity to each of the following to determine whether this defendant might succeed with an insanity defense.

A. Emanuel walked out of the house and stopped at a nearby restaurant for a hamburger. When the waiter asked him how Sam was, Emanuel replied that he thought Sam was at home sleeping.

B. Before leaving the house, Emanual put the gold club and his bloody clothes in the bathtub and filled the tub with water. He changed his clothes and ran home.

C. When the police questioned Emanuel the next day and asked him about Sam, he replied, " I killed him. He'll be back tomorrow."

D. When the police questioned Emanuel the next day and asked him about Sam, he replied, " I killed him. I tried to stop, but he just kept laughing at me."

E. Several weeks after the incident and his return to his medication, Emanual expressed great grief and guilt over the death of Sam.

Consider the same facts as a member of the prosecution team. Do you come to the same conclusions?

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Answer As a member of the defense team A Under the MNaghten Rule Emanuel may not meet the criteria for insanity in this scenario Despite his delusiona... View the full answer