The Court held that where infanticide is accepted on an indictment alongside murder charges arising from the same episode, the prosecution's acknowledgment of the offender's disturbed mind must influence the assessment of moral culpability on all charges, significantly reducing the weight to be given to denunciation, general deterrence and specific deterrence.
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