Karen is browsing around a public library. She has no library card nor does she have permission to borrow books, yet she leaves with several books under her arm. At Karen's trial for petit theft, she claims that she had an "irresistible impulse" to take the books. In a state that follows the M'Naghten Rule, Karen has a good defense of ______
a. mistake of law
b. insanity
c. mistake of fact
d. None of these
D
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