1. Legal Standard & Burden
Burden of Proof Allocation
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McHoul (MA): Either inability to appreciate criminality OR inability to conform conduct.
M'Naghten: Strictly cognitive; volitional / impulse prongs excluded.
Federal: Severe mental disease; affirmative defense proven by defense by clear & convincing evidence.
M'Naghten: Strictly cognitive; volitional / impulse prongs excluded.
Federal: Severe mental disease; affirmative defense proven by defense by clear & convincing evidence.
2. Forensic Evidence Matrix
Admit or exclude categorized exhibits and assign evidentiary weight to observe real-time impact on statutory prongs.
Add Supplementary Forensic Exhibit
3. Statutory Finding & Briefing
Threshold: Mental Disease / Defect
Evaluating...
Cognitive Prong: Appreciate Wrongfulness
Evaluating...
Volitional Prong: Conform Conduct
Evaluating...
Synthesis / Statutory Outcome
Evaluating Record...
Calculating weight of admitted evidence against governing statutory standard...