Diminished Capacity An impaired mental condition, caused by disease, trauma, or intoxication but short of insanity, that can reduce the criminal responsibility of a defendant.
Diminished Capacity
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diminished capacity
n. essentially a psychological term which has found its way into criminal trials.
Diminished capacity
Definition - Noun
1 : an abnormal mental condition that renders a person unable to form the specific intent necessary for the commission of a crime (as first-degree murder) but that does not amount to insanity ...
See also: diminished capacity
The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications ...
Diminished capacity is a defence which serves to negate the mental state of "malice".
 See also: Capacity, Murder, Insanity, Way, Condition
  
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