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People vs. Haloc

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, Vs. JESSIE HALOC y CODON, Accused-Appellant. Present: LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, C.J., BERSAMIN, *DEL CASTILLO, JARDELEZA, and TIJAM,JJ.

G.R. No. 227312 | 2018-09-05

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
To be exempting from criminal responsibility, insanity is the complete deprivation of intelligence in committing the criminal act. Mere abnormality of the mental faculties does not exempt from criminal responsibility.
 
The Case
 
The accused-appellant assails the decision promulgated on August 19, 2015,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed with modifications his conviction for murder and attempted murder under the judgment rendered on March 20, 2014 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 54, in Gubat, Sorsogon in...