Practice question
An unlawful attack causes major blood loss that proved medical evidence establishes accelerated death from an existing illness. No efficient independent cause breaks the chain. Is acceleration categorically insufficient?
- Yes, only the final disease label matters
- Yes, only a perfectly healthy victim may be killed
- Yes, contribution can never matter
- Yes, prior illness automatically makes all attacks lawful
- No
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles3-4 and49, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
- Quinto v. Andres, GR155791, March16 2005, main decision, criminal causation: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/mar2005/gr_155791_2005.html
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