People v. Gabatbat modifies People v. Rapiz. Does this change how you would plead, defend or advise?
Case of the Day · 1 October 2026
Both clinical and non-clinical evidence may be admissible to prove intellectual disability, but clinical evidence is necessary when the boundary between normality and intellectual disability is difficult for ordinary persons to delineate.
Modifies People v. Rapiz, G.R.No. 240662, 16 September 2020. The Court harmonized Rapiz with other rulings and qualified its evidentiary rule, allowing non-clinical evidence while requiring clinical evidence in borderline cases.
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