2011CriminalLaw4.pptVIP

Insane Automatism R v. Sullivan - importance of the case: explained the M’Naghten rules the dividing line between insanity automatism - facts: S, suffering from psycho-motor epilepsy, attacked victim during the post-ictal stage of an epileptic fit (the period of confusion following the epileptic seizure). He kicked his friend about in the head body claimed that the attack was committed in the course of an epileptic seizure he was X aware of doing it. R v. Sullivan - trial: S used automatism as defence but trial judge ruled that epilepsy was a defence of insanity X automatism, only le