Manila, April 27 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said it has reversed the conviction of a mother with schizophrenia found liable by the lower court for the death of her daughter, with the tribunal ordering her treatment in a psychiatric facility.

In a statement, the SC said the mother's mental state deprived her of the capacity to recognize the wrongfulness of her act and thus exempted her from criminal liability.

In a decision written by Associate Justice Samuel Gaerlan, the SC's third division granted the mother's appeal and overturned her parricide conviction on the ground of legal insanity due to schizophrenia.

The mother jumped off a bridge into a river with her five-year-old daughter. While a man aboard a styrofoam banca was ...