P. v. Tran
Defendant challenges the jurys finding he was legally sane when he committed attempted murder and assault with a firearm. He contends the court wrongly refused his proposed special instruction clarifying the definition of insanity. Court agree. The court should have instructed the jury that distinguishing right from wrong refers to moral right and wrong, as well as legal right and wrong. Court affirm the judgment of conviction, but reverse the sanity finding and remand for a new sanity trial.
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