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For two years, you were confined and diagnosed to be suffering from
mental depression and schizophrenia.
The question you pose is whether you may be held liable for
attempted homicide, or you may be exempted with plea of insanity as a
defense under paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the Revised Penal Code.
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The symptoms of dementia praecox, in certain periods of excitement,
are similar to those of manic depressive psychosis and in either case,
the mind appears deteriorated x x x because he has no control of his
acts. x x x
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G.R. No. L-45130