Ejemplos de uso de automatism
1. He claimed to have been in a state of ‘automatism‘ while with the girl, meaning he was not aware of his actions.
2. In criminal cases defendants can be cleared of any charge if they can show they were probably in a state of ‘automatism‘ at the time.
3. However, he said ‘automatism‘ is an ‘absolute defence‘ and any prosecution was ‘bound to fail‘. Mr Burton‘s father Sir Montague Burton was a Russian Jewish emigre who opened his first store in Chesterfield 1'04.
4. But explaining why the case was being dropped, he said he could not disprove Burton‘s defence of ‘non–insane automatism‘. One neurologist concluded he was ‘disorientated and perplexed‘ when the accident happened and may have been suffering from a temporarily blocked blood vessel in the brain, and another said he lost awareness and consciousness.
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