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The deific decree delusion is a defense in a criminal case in which a person committed a crime in the belief that their God ordered them to do it. This would make the perpetrator legally insane as they would be incapable of distinguishing right from wrong.
References
- ^ Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,
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