This is an appeal from a criminal conviction, in which the principal defense was insanity. Appellant contends that the trial judge should have granted his motion of acquittal, because the government failed to prove responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt.
There may be a defendant so clearly and so seriously disabled that a jury would be compelled to doubt his responsibility...
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