se is a person whose mental problem is very obvious to the courtroom. Since they would be so far away from the “social norm”, it makes the case a clear guilty by insanity, for the jury to see. The most consequential aspect of the trail, for the defendant, is to prove in someway the mental condition of the defendant, at the time of the crime. As well as there state of mind up to the present time. When a person has a mental illness it is not always present. They can have times where they are “normal” and they are in free of symptoms. However they can have a peak, if a person is put into an atmosphere, which may cause anxiety, they may react in an irrational manner, like a psychotic episode. A psychotic person’s behavior is influenced by irrational beliefs, perceptions and impulses, which can at the time over ride any thoughts of sanity. The most prominent illnesses in the courtroom are schizophrenia and manic depression.# Also some defendants can have seizures, or go through an epileptic state, causing severe mood swings causing them to act in an illogical manner, with anti-social behavior. Defendants with epilepsy, an organic disease, would cause the verdict of insanity to come much quicker. However, such illnesses, which are more nurture instead of nature, are hard to detect. For example, a manic depressant, will go through a manic state, where they can become violent and aggressive. A mental disease tends to represents a impaired judgment that is not enough, to prove insanity, a series of test and a psychologist evaluation and a character judgment is also need to get the verdict of choice. Most states require such a person is to be housed in a maximum-security mental institution that is virtually indistinguishable from a prison. That person must stay there for as long as it is determined that he is a danger to himself or to others. This time period is not fixed (though there may be a minimum requ...
