Durham v. United States (1954)
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durham-v-united-states-1954-267-5332711
title:
Durham v. United States (1954)
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Durham v. United States, 214 F.2d 862, is a criminal case articulating what became known as the Durham rule for juries to find a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity: "an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental defect." It was to enable psychiatrists to "inform the jury of the character of [the defendant's mental disease" so that a jury could be "guided by wider horizons of knowledge concerning mental life" so that juries cou
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Criminal case
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