Defensa por demencia en cargos de ofensa penal

Insanity Defense in Criminal Offenses Charges

Publicado 2019-11-26

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Vol. 12 Núm. 17 (2019)
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Mendez Morales, E. (2019). Defensa por demencia en cargos de ofensa penal. Misión Jurídica, 12(17). https://doi.org/10.25058/1794600X.1039
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Efrain Mendez Morales
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    Efrain Mendez Morales

    A Bachelor Degree (BA) in Secondary Education Teaching of Chemistry from the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Completed in December 1995 with Distinction Magna Cum Laude. A Juris Doctor Degree (JD) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Completed on May 2005 with Distinction Cum Laude. Mr. Efrain Mendez Morales, Esq. has been admitted to the following courts to practice the exercise of law: 1. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Supreme Court on August 29, 2006. 2. Federal District Court of Puerto Rico on February 07, 2008. 3. United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claim on March 20, 2012. 4. Illinois Supreme Court on August 15, 2014. 5. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in and for the Third Judicial Department on August 10, 2016.

     

    El presente documento trata sobre el concepto de responsabilidad, término legal que se define como la calidad de una persona para comprender las consecuencias que traerá el desempeño  voluntario de un acto ilegal, y como tal debe ser responsable, procesado legalmente y hallado legalmente responsable por el acto cometido.

    El testigo médico experto en este tipo de casos juega un papel vital en la decisión final que puede llevar el juicio en el momento del veredicto.

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