The defense of insanity requires the defendant to prove that when he committed the criminal acts, he had a mental defect that

(a) prevented him from distinguishing right from wrong.
(b) caused him to make a mistake of law.
(c) caused him to make a mistake of fact.
(d) convinced him that he could get away with the crime.


(a) prevented him from distinguishing right from wrong.

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