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Under existing law, killing someone during a sleepwalking episode is considered:

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In Western law, the act of killing someone while sleepwalking is known as homicidal sleepwalking or also known as sleepwalking somnambulism. Generally, this is recognized as a defense but cases are rather incosistent with this. 
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