Word: mental
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Feloney ruled that the defendant. Vido K. Aras. was not legally responsible for his actions on August 20 because of mental illness. As a result. the judge found no probable cause for the charges against him-which in effect dismissed the case...
...ruling meant that Aras lacked the mental capacity to commit the crime." John C. Cratsley, Aras's lawyer, said yesterday. The law defines mental capacity as being able to tell right from wrong and being able to appreciate the consequences of one's actions, he added...
...arraignment last August 28, the court found Aras indigent and at CLAO's request appointed John B. Cratsley, a CLAO lawyer. to represent him. The court also committed Aras to a state mental hospital for observation...
...settled portions of his wealth on his 28 grandchildren. The three trust funds and the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation are the chief instruments of capital conservation. At the end of 1968, the foundation had assets of $22.1 million, and it disbursed $1.6 million, almost entirely for research in mental retardation...
...Gesell threw out an indictment against Dr. Milan Vuitch, who had been accused under the old statute of an illegal abortion. Gesell ruled that the law was too vague; he pointed out, for example, that it did not make clear whether "health" was meant to include varying degrees of mental as well as physical health. Moreover, said Gesell, a doctor indicted under the statute was "presumed guilty" unless he could prove to a jury that the operation was necessary. In the companion case of a nurse's aide named Shirley Boyd who had performed an abortion, Judge Gesell refused...