Wang Guanzhong, a graduate of National Taiwan University and a Keelung customs broker, killed his mother after taking drugs, but argued that he had a mental disorder and requested a reduced sentence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial. The high court commuted the sentence to 13 years.

There is also an appeal.

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[Reporter Yang Guowen/Taipei Report] Wang Guanzhong, a customs broker in Keelung City who graduated from National Taiwan University, was accused of arson and forcing his mother to open the door after taking drugs. After taking drugs, Wang Nan couldn’t tell whether his behavior was illegal, but the first instance found that he did not reach the level of mental loss when he killed his mother. Wang Nan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of killing his immediate blood relatives and respected relatives. He was invaded, and he was also attacked by his mother. The lawyer still claimed that Wang Nan was incapable of discerning when he committed the crime. He petitioned for identification. The High Court commuted Wang Nan's sentence to 13 years in prison.

Appealable.

According to the investigation by the prosecutors, Wang Guanzhong, a graduate of National Taiwan University and a small opening of a customs broker in Keelung City, is under 60 years old. Xu's mother is only willing to spend 3.3 million yuan to buy back the equity that she gave him before. Outside Mrs. Xu's bedroom, they used candles to burn woolen blankets and Xu's shoes to force Mrs. Xu to come out.

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Seeing the thick smoke drifting in from the gap under the bedroom door, Mrs. Xu opened the door and went out while taking pictures with her mobile phone. The house was full of thick smoke, and Wang Nan's figure was captured by Wang Nan, who was hit on the head by Wang Nan holding an air purifier and a digital thermometer. , face, chest and back fell to the ground.

Wang Nan then threw his mother's mobile phone into the toilet, and then grabbed her neck with his hands, causing severe blunt traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage to her head, chest, abdomen, etc., leading to central nervous failure , died on the spot.

Prosecutors and police investigations revealed that after Wang killed his mother, he posted on Facebook that he was killing people, and the PO text: "My mother is dead" and other messages made people shudder; after the prosecution investigated, Wang Nanyi killed his immediate blood relative Suspects prosecuted.

During the court trial, Wang confessed that he took drugs when he committed the crime, but argued that his mother was trying to harm him, so he appointed a lawyer to apply for a psychiatric evaluation to the court.

Taipei City United Hospital conducted a psychiatric appraisal on Wang and believed that Wang Nan's acute mental illness induced by amphetamines, coupled with delusional state, made it impossible to recognize his behavior as illegal. Throwing the mobile phone into the toilet in an attempt to destroy the evidence; after killing his mother, he posted a message on Facebook, and even called the police saying that he was injured and did not need to seek medical treatment.

The Keelung District Court accepted the prosecutor's opinion and determined that Wang Nan did not reach the level of mental loss when he killed his mother and sentenced Wang Nan to life imprisonment and deprivation of public rights for life.

The case was appealed to the High Court.

The lawyer argued in the High Court that, based on the identification at the first instance, Wang Nan was unable to identify the crime due to drug use when he committed the crime. Article 19 of the Criminal Law should be applied, and the first-instance sentence did not investigate the sentencing factors of Article 57 of the Criminal Law. The claim should be investigated and identified by the "Social Investigation Report Before Sentencing". The judge ordered Wang Nanhe's lawyer to submit written materials within one month to detail his claim, which 57 sentencing factors have not been investigated, and who should The appraisal unit conducted appraisal and other matters. The High Court this morning revoked the first-instance judgment of life imprisonment, and commuted Wang Nan to 13 years in prison for the crime of killing a direct blood relative.