PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bromberg, Walter
TI  - Diminished Capacity as an Alternative to McNaghten in California Law
DP  - 1992 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 179--183
VI  - 20
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/2/179.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/2/179.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1992 Jun 01; 20
AB  - 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.