If a patient escapes from a mental hospital and commits a murder, according to the M'Naghten rule, will this person be not guilty by reason of insanity?

a. The person is not guilty if he/she committed the act without understanding what was happening.
b. The person is not guilty only if the crime was so bizarre that a normal person would not have done it.
c. Yes. Anyone who was in a mental

hospital is insane, by definition.
d. No. Anyone capable of escaping is considered to be sane.


a

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