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R v Dietschmann

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Dietschmann
   
Issue: The correct direction to be given to a jury where a defendant who raises the defence of diminished responsibility was both intoxicated and suffering from an abnormality of mind at the time of the killing.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2003] UKHL 10
   
Judge(s): Lords Nicholls, Lloyd, Hutton, Hobhouse and Rodger
   
Date: 27 February 2003