Practice question
Compare a deliberately fabricated investigative lead intended to divert police from an offender with a witness’s honest factual mistake. Explain why the latter cannot automatically be treated as the same PD 1829 offense.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1981/pd_1829_1981.html — PD 1829, sections 1(a)–(i) and 2, knowing or willful obstruction through enumerated acts and public-official disqualification.
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