) The court determined that Godfrey could not be held responsible for his crime because he did not know that his actions were wrong. The governing rule in such a case is the _____.

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The M'Naghten rule, also known as the insanity defense, states that a defendant cannot be held responsible for a crime if, at the time of committing it, they were laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act they were doing, or, if they did know it, that they did not know what they were doing was wrong. This rule is often used to determine a defendant's mental state at the time of the crime.

) the Court Determined That Godfrey Could Not Be Held