Practice question
A person intervenes in an ongoing unlawful attack on a stranger using otherwise reasonably necessary force, but the court finds the intervention was induced by revenge. Which is sound?
- Reasonable force automatically erases every motive requirement.
- Revenge is a required element of the justification.
- Any stranger’s presence makes all violence justified.
- The defender’s motive is categorically irrelevant.
- The specific no-evil-motive condition remains unsatisfied.
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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