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Practice question: Alternative Circumstances

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain the role of relationship as an alternative circumstance and the limitation imposed when the same relationship is already an element of the offense.

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3815, specified articles, as amended: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426; Articles 15 and 62.
  • Ilayat v People, G.R. No. 259916, July 25, 2025, en banc main decision, intoxication proof: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70091

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