"I Can't Help Myself

question 203

Multiple Choice

"I can't help myself. I had to do it," would likely be a successful insanity defense:

• A) in most states of the United States due to the American Law Institute test.
• B) in federal courts due to the M'Naghten rule.
• C) virtually nowhere in the United States.
• D) in fewer than half of the states in the United States.

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