TY - JOUR T1 - Diminished Capacity as an Alternative to McNaghten in California Law JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 179 LP - 183 VL - 20 IS - 2 AU - Walter Bromberg Y1 - 1992/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/20/2/179.abstract N2 - Dr. Diamond’s courageous defense of the diminished capacity plea in People v. Gorshen (1959) emphasized mental disturbances negating malice aforethought. Diminished capacity as a defense in California remained effective from 1978 to 1982 until overturned by a modified American Law Institute rule. Diamond’s advocacy of psychologic elements, including motivation, did much to enliven forensic thinking re: the death sentence and the fated diminished capacity defense. ER -