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Jun 29, 2010 criminal-law parricide insanity-defense burden-of-proof revised-penal-code

Insanity Plea in Parricide: Burden of Proof and the Limits of Jealous Rage

The Supreme Court clarifies when insanity exempts an accused from criminal liability, and why jealous rage falls short.