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MPC § 4.01 substantial-capacity test

The American Law Institute's 1962 insanity formulation: a person lacks criminal responsibility if, as a result of mental disease or defect, they lack substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of their conduct or to conform their conduct to the requirements of law.

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