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Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is a corporate law firm with over 230 attorneys serving clients in nine offices throughout Michigan. Among the largest law firms in Michigan, Warner works in virtually all areas of business law.

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In <em><a href="http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/20150619_S149907_37_01_149907_2015-06-19_or.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">People v. Moore</a></em>, the Supreme Court clarified that insanity is a defense to all categories of crimes.  As the Court noted, MCL 768.21a does not limit application of the insanity defense to just specific intent crimes.  Therefore, in the absence of this limiting language, insanity may be used as a defense to general intent, specific intent, and strict liability offenses.

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