Criminal responsibility--a new test for Massachusetts.

Abstract

A NEW standard for criminal responsibility was established by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in the McHoul decision,1 which was handed down on May 16, 1967. James McHoul's attorneys had appealed his conviction on two charges connected with an attempted rape on the grounds that his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity had been improperly rejected by the lower court. The decision had the effect of ordering a new trial for McHoul under the new standard, which is contained in the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code. It also had the effect of adopting this standard for . . .