Bethea v. United States

Decided 1976-09-27

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HARRIS, Associate Judge: This is an appeal from a conviction of first-degree murder in which the defense of insanity was unsuccessful. Appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to instruct the jury according to both the American Law Institute’s standard for an insanity defense and the principle of “diminished capacity” <a class="footnote" href="#fn1" "fn1_…

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