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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1198052" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>It's the case of R v Hennessey [1989] 1 WLR 287.</p><p></p><p>Hennessy did NOT find that hyperglycaemia could constitute a defence of non-insane automatism but it could constitute a defence of insanity (the distinction being that non-insane automatism has to come from something external -such as too much insulin, so something done when hypo due to too much insulin taken could be non-insane automatism, see R v Quick [1973] 3 WLR 26 - while insanity has to came from something internal and hyperglycaemia is internal). Even though the case found that if you want to argue hyper as a defence you would have to plead insanity, the defendant in that case actually entered a guilty plea so it was not considered whether hyper was a successful insanity defence.</p><p></p><p>I've had a look for all cases citing Hennessy and I can't see any cases where hyperglycaemia has been a successful insanity defence, or in fact any cases where it has actually been argued as a defence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1198052, member: 32394"] It's the case of R v Hennessey [1989] 1 WLR 287. Hennessy did NOT find that hyperglycaemia could constitute a defence of non-insane automatism but it could constitute a defence of insanity (the distinction being that non-insane automatism has to come from something external -such as too much insulin, so something done when hypo due to too much insulin taken could be non-insane automatism, see R v Quick [1973] 3 WLR 26 - while insanity has to came from something internal and hyperglycaemia is internal). Even though the case found that if you want to argue hyper as a defence you would have to plead insanity, the defendant in that case actually entered a guilty plea so it was not considered whether hyper was a successful insanity defence. I've had a look for all cases citing Hennessy and I can't see any cases where hyperglycaemia has been a successful insanity defence, or in fact any cases where it has actually been argued as a defence. [/QUOTE]
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