RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Revisiting the Deific-Decree Doctrine in Washington State
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 95
OP 104
VO 36
IS 1
A1 Gregory B. Leong
YR 2008
UL http://jaapl.org/content/36/1/95.abstract
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.