What is the defense of diminished mental capacity in a case at bench?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ruiz, 11 Cal.App.3d 852, 90 Cal.Rptr. 110 (Cal. App. 1970):
As regards a defense of diminished mental capacity in the case at bench, we refer again to the quotation from People v. Ford, Supra, 60 Cal.2d 772, 793, 36 Cal.Rptr. 620, 388 P.2d 892, set out above.
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