"A defendant is not responsible for criminal conduct where he/she, as a result of mental disease or defect,
did not possess substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality
of his/her conduct or to conform his/her conduct to the requirements of the law." This is
known as the
a. American Law Institute test
b. Durham test
c. Model Penal Code test
d. Lord Bracton test
C
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