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A defendant’s claim that he or she was not present at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed is the factual defense of:

Ordinarily, a person who is found “not guilty by reason of insanity” is committed to a mental institution until he or she is no longer dangerous.

The question of the defendant’s sanity at the time of trial is determined by the same test as the insanity defense.

Affirmative defenses are different from other defenses because

If an attorney picks up someone else’s briefcase honestly believing it to be his or hers, the attorney has:

Which of the following statements best describes the objective test for entrapment?

If a state provides that defendants are not guilty by reason of insanity if a disease of the mind causes them to be unable to control their behavior, that state recognizes a supplemental rule  known as irresistible impulse.

If the prosecution of a criminal case begins after the statute of limitations has expired, the defendant is entitled to:

When self-defense is used, deadly force normally may be used only to protect against threat of death or serious bodily injury.

The Model Penal Code definition of insanity is narrower than the M’Naghten test.