In 1999, 11-year-old Patrick Boykin was accused of killing his 13-year-old sister. Boykin sobbed to investigators that the devil's voice kept telling him to kill her. Is he guilty of any crime and, if so, does he have any defenses?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers may vary: The crime charged would be murder and many different defenses could possibly apply. 1. insanity if Patrick did not know what he was doing was wrong or could not appreciate the criminality of his conduct; 2. irresistible impulse if there were no emotional brakes stopping his uncontrollable actions; 3. infancy in that there is a rebuttable presumption for children aged 8-14 that they have no mens rea, a presumption that can be overcome by a showing that Patrick appreciated the criminality of his conduct
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a. True b. False
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