Practice question
A person invokes uncontrollable fear based solely on ordinary embarrassment at refusing an invitation. No equal-or-greater feared injury or uncontrollable compulsion is established. Which is best?
- Every embarrassment necessarily equals uncontrollable fear.
- An invitation automatically removes free agency.
- No injury comparison is required.
- Every social request is an irresistible force.
- The stated exemption is not established by that ordinary social pressure alone.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 12(4)-(7), accident, force, fear and lawful or insuperable prevention (not the obsolete original juvenile-age paragraphs): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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