Sleepwalking Question

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If someone sleepwalks and then murders/assaults/etc. someone all while they're sleeping, what, if any, responsiblity would they face? Has such a situation ever happened?

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You mean, the defense has to prove it was done while sleepwalking? Interesting, since usually it is innocent until proven guilty.

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You mean, the defense has to prove it was done while sleepwalking? Interesting, since usually it is innocent until proven guilty.

     It's something of an incredible defense, though. If you put it forth without proof, most people would reasonably not take such a claim seriously.

Yeah, I guess it would be too easy to (falsely) claim that without support. I was thinking along the lines of someone who already was known to have had major sleepwalking episodes.