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Outcomes of Infanticide Cases in States Using M'Naughten (n = 26) or Model Penal Code (n = 7) Standards
State Outcome M'Naughten states Adams Louisiana Convicted Anderson California Convicted Anfinson Iowa Convicted Cavanaugh California NGRI Clark Nevada Convicted Comitz Pennsylvania Convicted Dean Ohio Convicted Diaz Texas NGRI Dupre Pennsylvania Convicted Ferguson California Convicted Fuelling California NGRI Gambill Indiana Convicted (GBMI) Gindorf Illinois Convicted (GBMI) Green New York NGRI Laney Texas NGRI Massip California NGRI Maxon Texas NGRI Molina California NGRI Reilly Pennsylvania Convicted Sanchez Texas NGRI Schlosser Texas NGRI Thompson, A California NGRI Thompson Ohio Convicted Wilhelm New York Convicted Yates Texas NGRI Young Ohio Convicted Model penal code states Currie Michigan Convicted Householder West Virginia Convicted March Connecticut Convicted Mitchell Kentucky Convicted (GBMI) Pixley District of Columbia NGRI Remington Vermont NGRI White Idaho* NGRI No insanity defense Tiffany Idaho* Convicted NGRI, not guilty by reason of insanity; GBMI, guilty but mentally ill.
↵* Idaho abolished the insanity defense in 1982. Before then, it used the model penal code standard.