M'Naghten Rule
Definition
A rule stating that a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity if, as a result of a mental disease or defect, he either (1) did not know the nature or quality of the criminal act or (2) if he did know the act's nature and quality, he did not know that what he was doing was wrong.
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