Re: abnormal mental condition: Ninth Ct Model Criminal Jury Instructions

13 Apr 2001


      At 04:42 PM 04/12/2001 -0700, Ace Cholinesterace wrote:
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Ninth Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instructions
                        6.8 INTOXICATIONDIMINISHED CAPACITY
You may consider evidence of [intoxication] [abnormal mental condition]
in deciding whether the government
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted with the
intent to commit [crime charged].
Does this include "The prosecutor was paranoid" or
"was the judge *stoned* or just senile?" as reasons to acquit?

Re: abnormal mental condition: Ninth Ct Model Criminal Jury Instructions

Bill Stewart