Practice question
A person defends a longtime acquaintance who is not within the listed relative class. The established facts meet unlawful aggression, reasonably necessary means, and absence of revenge, resentment or evil motive. The prosecution objects solely that the defended person was not unknown to the defender. Which is best?
- A stranger must always be a person never previously seen.
- Prior acquaintance alone is not the statute’s stated disqualification from defense of a stranger.
- Only tourists qualify as strangers.
- Knowing a name necessarily proves an evil motive.
- Every acquaintance must be treated as a blood sibling.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 11(2)-(3), defense of relatives and strangers: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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