The idea that an accused cannot be criminally responsible if the crime was the result of mental disease or mental defect is known as the:
A. Durham rule.
B. M'Naghten rule.
C. substantial capacity test.
D. irresistible impulse test.
E. model penal code.
Answer: A
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