John was charged with multiple murder. At his trial, the defense attorney called a psychiatrist who testified that John was laboring under such a defect of reason, from diseases of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the acts that he committed or if he did know, he did not know that those acts were wrong. What is the name of the defense that is being raised in this case?

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The defense being raised is the M'Naghten insanity test, which focuses on whether the defendant knew the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know, whether he knew it was wrong due to a defect of reason from a disease of the mind.

John Was Charged with Multiple Murder