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Jun 19, 2000criminal lawinsanity defensecompetency to stand trialdue processmurderrevised penal code
When Mental Illness Raises Doubt: The Estrada Case on Competency to Stand Trial
Philippine Supreme Court nullifies a murder conviction where the trial court ignored evidence of the accused's mental illness and denied a mental examination.