''State v. Pike'', 49 N.h. 399 (1869), is a

criminal case Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law ...

which articulated a product test for an

insanity defense The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for their actions due to an episodic psychiatric disease at the time of the ...

.Insanity, 2 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 736-40 (1983); Abraham Goldstein The court in '' Durham v. United States'' used it as the basis for what came to be known as the

Durham rule A Durham rule, product test, or product defect rule is a rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease. Examples in which such rule ...

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