Clark v. Arizona, No. 05-5966 (U.S. Supreme Court) (548 U.S. 735; 126 S.Ct. 2709) (June 29, 2006) (Justice Souter)
In this case the Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s limited approach to the insanity defense, holding that due process does not require a state to use both prongs of the M’Naughten insanity test; and that the states are not obligated to permit a defendant to argue that mental illness prevented him ...
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