Physical acts and legal responsibility | Criminal Responsibility Law

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Card #11: Physical acts and legal responsibility

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The defense's express boundary.

[VERIFIED FACT] Defense counsel has conceded Clancy's physical involvement in the children's deaths. [Stipulation report](https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-lindsay-clancy-willing-to-stipulate-to-her-involvement-in-kids-deaths/)

[DISPUTED CLAIM] Whether mental disease or defect removed criminal responsibility is the contested trial question and had not been decided by Day 11. [Massachusetts instruction](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/model-jury-instructions-on-homicide-i-criminal-responsibility) · [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE)