Hill v Baxter (1958) 1 Q.B. 277, 42 Cr. App. R. 51
Citation:Hill v Baxter (1958) 1 Q.B. 277, 42 Cr. App. R. 51
Rule of thumb:How do you prove insanity or diminished responsibility? Or a lack of capacity generally? In order to do this in Court medical evidence is required.
Judgment:
"I do not doubt that there are genuine cases of automatism, but I do not see how the layman can safely attempt, without the help of some medical or scientific evidence, to distinguish the genuine from the fraudulent" per Devlin J.
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