Sort each case by the kind of exemption it involves.
Groups: A cause of justification · Absence of capacity · Another excuse, leaving the act unlawful
- Repelling armed robber
- Unavoidable legal error
- Involuntary intoxication
- Acting under dire threat
- Swerving to save child
- Acute psychotic episode
Hints
- Two cases make the act lawful; four leave it unlawful.
- The third column contains pressure and mistake rather than defects of capacity.
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A cause of justification: Repelling armed robber, Swerving to save child
Absence of capacity: Acute psychotic episode, Involuntary intoxication
Another excuse, leaving the act unlawful: Acting under dire threat, Unavoidable legal error
The middle and right columns both end in acquittal and are different findings. A defect of capacity is a claim about what the person could do; the excuses in the third column concede full capacity and say that conformity could not be demanded in the circumstances, or that the person did not know the conduct was forbidden.
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