Table 1

Outcomes of Infanticide Cases in States Using M'Naughten (n = 26) or Model Penal Code (n = 7) Standards

StateOutcome
M'Naughten states
    AdamsLouisianaConvicted
    AndersonCaliforniaConvicted
    AnfinsonIowaConvicted
    CavanaughCaliforniaNGRI
    ClarkNevadaConvicted
    ComitzPennsylvaniaConvicted
    DeanOhioConvicted
    DiazTexasNGRI
    DuprePennsylvaniaConvicted
    FergusonCaliforniaConvicted
    FuellingCaliforniaNGRI
    GambillIndianaConvicted (GBMI)
    GindorfIllinoisConvicted (GBMI)
    GreenNew YorkNGRI
    LaneyTexasNGRI
    MassipCaliforniaNGRI
    MaxonTexasNGRI
    MolinaCaliforniaNGRI
    ReillyPennsylvaniaConvicted
    SanchezTexasNGRI
    SchlosserTexasNGRI
    Thompson, ACaliforniaNGRI
    ThompsonOhioConvicted
    WilhelmNew YorkConvicted
    YatesTexasNGRI
    YoungOhioConvicted
Model penal code states
    CurrieMichiganConvicted
    HouseholderWest VirginiaConvicted
    MarchConnecticutConvicted
    MitchellKentuckyConvicted (GBMI)
    PixleyDistrict of ColumbiaNGRI
    RemingtonVermontNGRI
    WhiteIdaho*NGRI
No insanity defense
    TiffanyIdaho*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.