criminal capacity
The mental ability that a person must possess to be held accountable for a crime; the ability to understand right from wrong. See INSANITY; INFANCY. [Cases: Criminal Law 46; Homicide 815. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 96–98, 113.]
The mental ability that a person must possess to be held accountable for a crime; the ability to understand right from wrong. See INSANITY; INFANCY. [Cases: Criminal Law 46; Homicide 815. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 96–98, 113.]