5-Week Trial Chronology Scrubber
Week 3 of 5
Evidentiary Record & Testimony
Showing 4 itemsMassachusetts Legal Standard
Model Penal CodeCommonwealth v. McHoul Standard
Under Mass. law, a defendant is not criminally responsible if, due to mental disease or defect at the time of the conduct, they lacked substantial capacity to:
1. Cognitive Prong
Appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of their conduct.
2. Volitional Prong
Conform their conduct to the requirements of the law.
Evidentiary Conflict: Premeditation vs. Psychosis
Prosecution Theory
Pre-planned window of opportunity; sent husband to pick up takeout; consciousness of guilt demonstrated through deliberate timing and concealment.
Defense Theory
Severe postpartum psychosis & delirium; involuntary intoxication caused by rapid tapering/cycling of 13 psychiatric medications; command hallucinations.
Key Legal Intersection: Evaluating whether digital search history reflects rational calculation or delusional obsessive rumination under the McHoul standard.
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