R v Dean Johnson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 09 July 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | [2007] EWCA Crim 1978 |
| Docket Number | No: 200700340/C2 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 09 July 2007 |
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Aline Loake v Crown Prosecution Service
...legal quality: R v Codere (1917) 12 Cr App R 21. 23 In relation to the second limb, Codere, supra, Windle [1952] QB 826 and Johnson [2007] EWCA Crim 1978 establish that "he did not know it was wrong" means legally wrong, and not morally wrong. Thus, if a person does something knowing it is ......
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Psychiatric evidence in Diminished Responsibility
...to murder (2) The new diminished responsibility plea’(2010) Crim LR 290 at 296.117. Above n. 10118. Ibid. at 722.119. RvJohnson [2007] EWCA Crim 1978.120. R. Mackey, B. J. Mitchell and L. Howe, ‘Yet more facts about the Insanity defence’ (2006) Criminal LR 399.121. Ibid. n. 26 at 34.122. Ib......
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The Insanity Defence
...399.6. Bratty v A-G for Northern Ireland [1963] AC 386.7R v Codere [1916] 12 Cr App R 21.8. R v Windle [1952] 2 QB 826.9. R v Johnson [2007] EWCA Crim 1978.10. Codere, above n. 7.Hogg The dangers of relying on a concept of mental dysfunction developed in 1843 should be obvious. Thevery term......
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Unfitness to Plead and the Vulnerable Defendant: An Examination of the Law Commission's Proposals for a New Capacity Test
...disease of the mind, as not toknow the nature and quality of the act, or that it was wrong.3R v Windle [1952] 2 QB 826; R v Johnson [2007] EWCA Crim 1978.194 The Journal of Criminal Law (2011) 75 JCL While such an individual is acting on the basis of an entirely differentbelief system to ot......
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The Moral Significance of the Insanity Defence
...more broadly. Certainly, the dicta of Latham LJ in Johnson54seem to indicate a deal of sympathy for this approach and towards a 48 [2007] EWCA Crim 1978.49 (1916) 12 Cr App R 21.50 [1952] 2 QB 826.51 Notably, the High Court of Australia refused to follow Windle in R v Stapleton 86 CLR 358. ......
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