Practice question
A remote grievance is invoked as passion or obfuscation, but a considerable interval allowed recovery of normal composure and no qualifying immediate stimulus is established. Which is best?
- Every old resentment remains mitigating forever.
- Time can never affect the inquiry.
- A prior dispute conclusively overcomes reason at every later date.
- A revenge plan automatically qualifies.
- The timing and recovery issue must be addressed; an old grievance alone is not automatic mitigation.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 13(6), (8)-(10), cited mitigating circumstances: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
- People v. Singcol, G.R. No. 275139, May 7, 2025, main decision, passion and obfuscation: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/may2025/gr_275139_2025.html
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