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This document summarizes two court cases from the Philippines regarding defendants claiming insanity as an exempting circumstance. The first case from 1933 describes a man who attacked and killed his pregnant wife in his sleep, believing he was defending himself from enemies. Experts testified he was acting in a dream state and not criminally liable. The second case from 1937 describes a man who stabbed and killed someone. He was initially found mentally unfit for trial but later deemed recovered. On appeal

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Micah Atienza

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