Practice question
Under Ah Chong’s mistake-of-fact principle, must the conduct have been lawful if the facts were as the accused honestly supposed?
- Yes
- No, a mistaken plan to commit an admitted crime is always excused
- Only the actor’s preferred result matters
- Only the victim’s name matters
- No factual belief can ever affect intent
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles3-4 and49, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
- United States v. Ah Chong, GR L-5272, March19 1910, mistake-of-fact principles: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1910/mar1910/gr_l-5272_1910.html
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