CT Bar Practice Questions - Connecticut Bar Examination Exam

A defendant raises the insanity defense in a criminal case. Under the M'Naghten rule, what must the defendant show?

That the defendant acted on an irresistible impulse only That the defendant has a low IQ That the defendant was intoxicated at the time That, due to a mental disease or defect, the defendant did not know the nature and quality of the act, or did not know that the act was wrong

Correct Answer:

That, due to a mental disease or defect, the defendant did not know the nature and quality of the act, or did not know that the act was wrong

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