PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gregory B. Leong
TI  - Revisiting the Deific-Decree Doctrine in Washington State
DP  - 2008 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 95--104
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/36/1/95.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/36/1/95.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2008 Mar 01; 36
AB  - The deific-decree exception to Washington's M'Naughten insanity standard first appeared in case law a quarter century ago in State v. Crenshaw. A few subsequent cases have attempted to refine the contours of the deific decree; however, the deific-decree doctrine has had only limited utility as a basis for the insanity defense. After about a decade of no activity in this area, the Washington courts have recently revisited the deific-decree doctrine in a case involving two defendants.