McDonald v. United States

McDonald v. United States, 312 F.2d 847 (D.C. Cir. 1962), is a criminal case that defined mental disease or defect as referred to in an insanity defense—"includes any abnormal condition of the mind which substantially affects mental or emotional processes and substantially impairs behavior controls."[1]

Not to be confused with McDonnell v. United States.

References
  1. Insanity, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 736-40 (1983); Abraham Goldstein
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