Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 44 views

    Madarang 1

    Uploaded by

    Dennis Salem
    The defendant was convicted of parricide for stabbing his wife, causing her death. He claimed he was insane at the time and had no memory of the stabbing. A psychiatric evaluation found he had schizophrenia, but after treatment his condition improved. The court upheld the conviction, finding that insanity requires a complete lack of reason or will at the time of the act. Mere mental abnormality is not enough. Insanity must be proven by an expert witness relating to the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense. No witnesses said he exhibited schizophrenia symptoms when he committed the stabbing.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Madarang 1

    Uploaded by

    Dennis Salem
    44 views1 page
    The defendant was convicted of parricide for stabbing his wife, causing her death. He claimed he was insane at the time and had no memory of the stabbing. A psychiatric evaluation found he had schizophrenia, but after treatment his condition improved. The court upheld the conviction, finding that insanity requires a complete lack of reason or will at the time of the act. Mere mental abnormality is not enough. Insanity must be proven by an expert witness relating to the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense. No witnesses said he exhibited schizophrenia symptoms when he committed the stabbing.

    Original Description:

    madarang 1

    Original Title

    madarang 1

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The defendant was convicted of parricide for stabbing his wife, causing her death. He claimed he was insane at the time and had no memory of the stabbing. A psychiatric evaluation found he had schizophrenia, but after treatment his condition improved. The court upheld the conviction, finding that insanity requires a complete lack of reason or will at the time of the act. Mere mental abnormality is not enough. Insanity must be proven by an expert witness relating to the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense. No witnesses said he exhibited schizophrenia symptoms when he committed the stabbing.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    44 views1 page

    Madarang 1

    Uploaded by

    Dennis Salem
    The defendant was convicted of parricide for stabbing his wife, causing her death. He claimed he was insane at the time and had no memory of the stabbing. A psychiatric evaluation found he had schizophrenia, but after treatment his condition improved. The court upheld the conviction, finding that insanity requires a complete lack of reason or will at the time of the act. Mere mental abnormality is not enough. Insanity must be proven by an expert witness relating to the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense. No witnesses said he exhibited schizophrenia symptoms when he committed the stabbing.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    7/24/13

    BAR REVIEW MATERIALS: Criminal Law Digests 1

    PEOPLE V MADARANG
    Gr. No. 132319 May 12,2000 Appellant was convicted of parricide for stabbing his wife, causing her death. Appellant alleges he was in a state of insanity and claims he had no recollection of the stabbing incident.He insists that he was deprived of intelligence , making his act involuntary.His psychiatric evaluation revealed he was suffering from schizophrenia but after two years in the National Center for Mental Health his condition improved thus, he was released. HELD: In the Philippines, the courts have established a more stringent criterion for insanity to be exempting as it is required that there must be a complete deprivation of intelligence in committing the act,i.e., the accused is deprived of reason; he acted without the least discernment because there is a complete absence of the power to discern, or that there is total deprivation of the will.Mere abnormality of the mental faculties will not exclude imputability.The issue of insanity is a question of fact.The state or condition of a man's mind can only be measured and judged by his behavior.Establishing one's insanity requires testimony of an expert witness, such as a psychiatrist.The proof must relate to the time preceding or coetaneous with the commisssion of the offense with which he is charged.None of the witnesses declared that he exhibited any of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia immediately before or simultaneous with the stabbing incident.Also schizophrenics have lucid intervals during which they are capable of distinguishing right from wrong.

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy