A man killed another man with whom he was fighting. At his trial he claimed that he did not know what he was doing because he was drunk. Under which insanity standard might he be found not guilty by reason of insanity?

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The Durham test is the only insanity standard that does not require the defendant to prove that he did not know what he was doing or that he could not control his actions. Instead, the Durham test simply asks whether the defendant's mental illness was a "substantial factor" in causing the crime.

A Man Killed Another Man with Whom He Was Fighting