Description
One of the causes which will overthrow the presumption of voluntariness and of intelligence of a person who stands charged with a crime is insanity. Nonetheless, such defense is solely hinged on the Revised Penal Code that neither describes nor explains the concept. This publication thus defines legal insanity through evaluation of the Supreme Court decisions on the matter. Accordingly, this will serve as an instruction to the prosecution and the defense on how to argue a case before the court vis-Ã -vis legal insanity. Also, this will provide the members of the bench the legal framework upon which the resolution on the issue of legal insanity will be based.
