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PEOPLE vs. Alberto Medina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERTO MEDINA y CATUD, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 113691 | 1998-02-06

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

The law presumes that an offender possesses full control of his mental faculties. Thus, the exempting circumstance of insanity or imbecility under Art 12, par. 1 of the Revised Penal Code, must be established by clear and competent evidence showing that the accused completely lost his reason, or was demented immediately prior to or at the very moment the crime was committed.

The Case

This is the legal precept relied upon by this Court in denying this appeal from the Decision 1 dated November 17, 1993 of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City, Branch 7, in Criminal Case No. 5787 convicting Alberto...