Assertion: defendant | /r/HasProperty | guilty of lesser crime
Facets:
value: due to the defendant’s mental status
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: With this kind of defense, the defendant is asserting that due to the defendant’s mental status, he is guilty of a lesser crime or he should receive a lesser penalty, not that he is not guilty.
text: During closing arguments, the attorney acknowledged that the defendant was guilty of a lesser crime without first securing the defendant's approval of this tactic.