NOUN
- (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
How To Use plea of insanity In A Sentence
- Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.
- But the plea of insanity, with its vague test of responsibility, whose terms the juryman may construe for himself (or which his fellow-jurors may construe for him) offers an unlimited and fertile field for the Courts and Criminals
- His plea of insanity lost him his job, and his credibility.
- He was charged with murder, but got off on a plea of insanity.
- His plea of insanity was rejected, but the sensational trial ended in acquittal. Times, Sunday Times
- His plea of insanity was rejected, but the sensational trial ended in acquittal. Times, Sunday Times