I think to a degree it varies by country... I know that in the US they have a thing called "irrisiestable impluse" which is something that I have never heard used in a British court. In the UK I think it is what is often used when they are advising treatment over conviction, I think it's under the mental health act somewhere.
Do you think it's possible that the act of being restrained resulted in a flashback which is why you fought/bit them? I know that during flashbacks I have kicked, punched, bitten, and all sorts of other horrible things, people because I wasn't fully aware of the nowand was reacting to the then
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