''People v. Drew'', (1978), was a case decided by the

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that abandoned the M'Naghten Rules of the criminal

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in favor of the formulation in the

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. The decision was later abrogated by

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in 1982, which restored the M'Naghten rules.''The Insanity Defense''. Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 36, 1596. 2004.

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