PEOPLE VS TANEO

An accused who acted while in a dream and hallucinating is not

criminally liable because there is lack of voluntariness
CRIME CHARGED Parricide

FACTS Potenciano Taneo live with his wife in his parent’s house of
barrio Dolores
There was a fiesta
There were visitors in the house whom he invited himself
Fred Tanner and Luis Malinao

Early that afternon

Taneo went to sleep

While sleeping he suddenly got up, got a bolo

His wife tried to stop him but in the process was wounded in her
abdomen
The proceeded to attack the visitors
Tried to attack his father
And wounded himself

His wife died of her injuries

The day before the crime

Taneo had a quarrel over a glass of tuba with collantes and
abadilla → was stopped by his wife

On the day of the commission of crim

He had a severe stomachache which made it necessary to go to
bed

In his dream
Collantes was trying to stab him, while abadilla held his feet
Why he stood up and grab a bolo
His wife said that she was wounded then wounded himself
His enemies multiplied and attacked everybody

CFI Parricide

?????

SC Not criminally liable → be confined in the Government

insane asylum
EXEMPTING EXEMPTING CIRCUMSTANCE → accident
CIRCUMSTANCES
Apparent lack of motive for committing a criminal act does not
necessarily mean that there are none → it is not known since
we cant probe in ones subconscious

There is lack of motive and voluntariness

- He loved his wife dearly
- He invited the guests himself
He acted under hallucination and not in his right mind

He did not attack his wife, but the wife intercepted him while
hallucinating / dreaming that he is defending himself from his
enemies