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While Art. 12 (1) of the Revised Penal Code provides that an imbecile or insane person is exempt from criminal liability, unless that person has acted during a lucid interval, the presumption, under Art. 800 of the Civil Code, is that every human is sane.
Aug 13, 2024 · Lucid interval is a legal doctrine according to which a person who has a mental illness or a neurological condition can have periods in which their ability to reason is preserved.
An insane person is exempt from criminal liability unless he has acted during a lucid interval. If the court therefore finds the accused insane when the alleged crime was committed, he shall be acquitted but the court shall order his confinement in a hospital or asylum for treatment until he may be released without danger.
Dec 10, 2023 · Legal basis. Article 12. Circumstances which exempt from criminal liability. – the following are exempt from criminal liability: 1. An imbecile or an insane person, unless the latter has acted during a lucid interval.
Nov 23, 2023 · Imbecile or insane – refers to the exempting circumstance that exempts an accused from criminal liability for committing an offense resulting from being an imbecile or insane person, unless an insane person committed the offnse during a lucid interval.
Lucid interval refers to a brief period during which an insane person regains sanity that is sufficient to regain the legal capacity to contract and to act on his/her own behalf. Lucid interval also refers to period during which a person has enough mental capacity to understand the concept of marriage and the duties and obligation it imposes.
Mar 20, 2018 · Thus, even assuming accused-appellant was insane, such insanity was clearly not continuous, as he had lucid intervals. Consequently, it is presumed that he was sane, or was in a lucid interval, at the time he committed the crime.
