What were the facts of the M’Naughten case, which gave rise to the M’Naughten rule? By what other name is the M’Naughten rule known?

What will be an ideal response?


Daniel M’Naghten was tried for killing the British prime minister’s secretary. M’Naghten was acting based on the paranoid delusion that the prime minister was planning to kill him; thus, M’Naghten killed the minister’s secretary, believing him to be the prime minister. M’Naghten was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The M’Naghten rule is also known as the right-wrong test.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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