State v. Crenshaw

State v. Crenshaw
State v. Crenshaw
Court	Washington Supreme Court
Decided	February 17, 1983
Citations	98 Wash. 2d 789; 659 P.2d 488
Court membership
Judges sitting	Robert Brachtenbach, Hugh J. Rosellini, Charles F. Stafford, Carolyn R. Dimmick, Vernon Robert Pearson, William H. Williams, Fred H. Dore
Case opinions
Decision by	Brachtenbach
Concurrence	Williams
Dissent	Dore
Keywords
	Insanity defense;

State v. Crenshaw, 98 Wash. 2d 789, 659 P.2d 488 (1983),^[1] is a criminal case interpreting the relationship of the insanity defense to a deific decree.^[2]^: 624 The Supreme Court of Washington carved out the deific exception from the standard set forth in People v. Schmidt (1915), that a person can be found not guilty by reason of insanity even if they knew their act was morally wrong by the standards of society and wrong under the law, if their mental disorder was a delusion that God commanded their act.^[2]^: 624 A mother insanely killed her child in the delusional belief that she was obeying God's command.^[2]^: 624 It was found that "it would be unrealistic to hold her responsible for the crime, since her free will has been subsumed by her belief in the deific decree.^[2]^: 624

References

^ State v. Crenshaw, 98 Wash. 2d 789, 659 P.2d 488 (1983).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]

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[1] State v. Crenshaw, 98 Wash. 2d 789, 659 P.2d 488 (1983).

[CL-2] Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]

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