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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

A man is charged with battery for injuring a person by forcefully squeezing their arm. At trial, the defense presents uncontroverted evidence that, due to a severe mental disease, the man honestly believed he was squeezing a lemon to make lemonade. The jurisdiction applies the M'Naghten rule for the insanity defense.

Under the M'Naghten rule, which of the following is the most likely outcome?

  • The man will be convicted of a lesser offense because his mental disease only serves to mitigate, not excuse, his conduct.

  • The man will be acquitted by reason of insanity because he did not understand the nature and quality of his act.

  • The man will be acquitted only if he can also prove that he did not know squeezing a person's arm was wrong.

  • The man will be convicted of battery because his act of squeezing was voluntary.

Multistate Bar Examination
Criminal Law and Procedure
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