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Categories of the defect of reason in order to constitute a defence on the ground of insanity
Duty on accused person to rebut the presumption of sanity
Effect of the defence of insanity
Facts that must be proved by an accused person who pleads the defence of insanity
Facts to be considered by the court in upholding the defence of insanity
Facts to be considered in establishing the defence of insanity
Fundamental points regarding the defence of insanity
Guiding principles in establishing insanity
How insanity may be proved
How the defence of insanity can be sustained
How the onus placed on an accused person relying on the defence of insanity can be discharged
How the state of mind of an person is determined
Ingredients of the defence of insanity
Instances where the defence of insanity will not be deemed to have been established
Nature of evidence that could be used to establish the defence of insanity
Nature of mental disorder that can avail an accused of the defence of insanity
Need for both insanity and lack of capacity to be proved to found the defence of insanity
On whom lies the burden of proving insanity and standard of proof required
On whom lies the burden to prove insanity
Presumption of sanity
Presumption of sanity and effect where insanity is found
Procedure to be followed by the courts when the defence of insanity is raised
Standard of proof required by an accused person in establishing the defence of insanity
The effect of a successful plea of the defence of insanity
The essence of the defence of insanity
The legal test of responsibility in determining whether the defence of insanity will avail an accused person
The material time that the alleged insanity of the defendant must relate
The need for courts to critically examine the defence of insanity
The position of the law on the defence of insanity
The rule that the defence of insanity follows a legal standard
The rule that the defence of insanity raises the question of the criminal responsibility of an accused person
Types of evidence which defence counsel seeking to establish insanity as a defence would naturally like to adduce
Ways of proving insanity
What an accused person relying on the defence of insanity must prove
What must an accused person show for the second limb of section 28 of the Criminal Code to avail him as a defence?
What the court looks at in determining whether the defence of insanity will avail an accused person
What the court should consider where previous insanity is established and where the defence of insanity is raised for the first time
When the defence of insanity would avail an accused person
Whether a defence of insanity arising from excessive alcohol is equivalent to a defence of intoxication arising from alcohol
Whether a person suffering from hallucinations is entitled to the defence of insanity
Whether a senseless killing lacking motive is by itself evidence of insanity
Whether absence of motive is evidence of insanity
Whether amnesia constitutes insanity
Whether an accused person who gives a vivid recollection of incidents at the time of killing can rely on the defence of insanity
Whether an epileptic person is entitled to the defence of insanity
Whether evidence of the insanity of ancestors is blood relations is admissible to prove insanity
Whether insanity and eccentricity are the same thing
Whether it is a defence of insanity that the accused behaved abnormally
Whether it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the unsoundness of mind of the prosecutrix in a rape case
Whether it is the function of a medical witness to decide the issue of insanity
Whether marital jealousy is a defence of insanity
Whether motive is relevant in determining insanity
Whether the court can consider the antecedent of the accused where the defence of insanity is raised
Whether the defence of insanity is a special verdict
Whether the defence of insanity is consistent with denial of commission of an offence
Whether the Ghanaian law of insanity requires that the mental delusion should lead to an incapacity to control conduct
Whether the ipse dixit of an accused is sufficient to discharge the burden of proving insanity
Whether the prosecution is required to call evidence to establish the sanity of the accused person
Whether the question of whether an accused person is insane is an issue for medical experts
Whether the raising of the defence of insanity is prima facie acceptance of the act complained of
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