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Question 1

Hannibal is a psychologist who has recently been diagnosed with a split personality disorder. When he is exhibiting his ordinary personality, Hannibal is harmless. However, when he is exhibiting his alternative personality, he believes that he is a CIA agent who must kill the Russian spies that gather in the local bar a few blocks from Hannibal's house. One night, Hannibal enters the bar and orders a drink. He strikes up a conversation with one of the other customers but soon they begin arguing. A fight soon breaks out and Hannibal hits the other customer over the head with a chair, killing him instantly. During Hannibal's murder trial, the prosecution proves that Hannibal was exhibiting his ordinary personality when the fight broke out and that the reason he killed the customer was because the customer had insulted him. If Hannibal tried to mount an insanity defense, he will probably be:

Question 2

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with committing several murders, rapes and assaults over a three-year period. At the trial, Hannibal raises an insanity defense and he brings in expert witnesses who testify that Hannibal is a certifiable psychopath who's pent up rage and frustration leads him to commit acts of extreme violence. If Hannibal can prove that he is a psychopath, he will probably be:

Question 3

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with committing several murders, rapes and assaults over a three-year period. At the trial, Hannibal tries to raise an insanity defense and he brings in expert witnesses to testify that he is, in fact, insane. If Hannibal is being tried in a jurisdiction that required proof that he has a cognitive mental impairment in order to determine insanity, Hannibal will have to:

Question 4

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with committing several murders, rapes and assaults over a three-year period. At the trial, Hannibal tries to raise an insanity defense and he brings in expert witnesses to testify that he is, in fact, insane. If Hannibal is being tried in a jurisdiction that required proof that he has a volitional mental impairment in order to determine insanity, Hannibal will have to:

Question 5

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with committing several murders, rapes and assaults over a three-year period. At the trial, Hannibal tries to raise an insanity defense and he brings in expert witnesses to testify that he is, in fact, insane. If Hannibal is being tried in a jurisdiction that uses the Model Penal Code's test to determine insanity, Hannibal will have to:

Question 6

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with committing several murders, rapes and assaults over a three-year period. If Hannibal tries to raise an insanity defense, the modern rules dictate that the burden of proof is on:

Question 7

Hannibal has just been arrested and charged with murdering a young FBI agent. Before the trial, Hannibal is charged with Aggravated Homicide of a Federal Officer a crime that carries a minimum jail sentence of twenty years and a maximum jail sentence of thirty years. At the trial, Hannibal successfully raises an insanity defense and is found not guilty by reason of insanity. Immediately after the verdict, Hannibal is committed to a mental hospital for treatment of his impairment. Based on the sentencing guidelines set out for the crime he committed, the longest that Hannibal can be kept in the hospital is: