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1. Imbecility and insanity are exempting circumstances from criminal liability under Philippine law, but they are distinguished - imbeciles are always exempt while the insane may be liable if they acted during a lucid interval. 2. To qualify as imbecility, one must have a mental development comparable to a 2-7 year old child, while insanity involves a diseased or disordered mental state characterized by impaired faculties or functions. 3. One invoking insanity as a defense bears the burden of proving the

Author

Lara Michelle Sanday Binudin

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