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Blogs | June 19, 2015
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MSC: Insanity is a potential defense to any crime

In People v. Moore, the Supreme Court clarified that insanity is a defense to all categories of crimes.  As the Court noted, MCL 768.21a does not limit application of the insanity defense to just specific intent crimes.  Therefore, in the absence of this limiting language, insanity may be used as a defense to general intent, specific intent, and strict liability offenses.