The Ruling in Durham V.United States (1954)established

The ruling in Durham v.United States (1954) established:

A) that a murder committed as an act of self-defense will not be considered a crime.
B) the duty of clinicians to warn the police or others of a harmful act that their clients expressed to commit.
C) that temporary insanity created by the voluntary use of alcohol or drugs did not qualify a defendant for acquittal by reason of insanity.
D) that the insanity defense could be used for any crimes that were the product of a mental disease or mental defect.