Supreme Court of Iowa· 5/13/1981

State v. Collins

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305 N.W.2d 434
1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 958

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defining the diminished responsibility defense as “where an accused, because of a limited capacity to think, is unable to form a necessary criminal intent”
[D]iminished responsibility may be offered as a defense where an accused, because of a limited responsibility to think, is unable to form a necessary criminal intent.”
“Extensive alcoholism or drug addiction can of course lead to a condition for which the defense of insanity might be raised. The situation is to be distinguished from the temporary effects of intoxication for one not so afflicted.”
diminished responsibility as bearing on specific intent crimes

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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, Harris, Allbee, Larson

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