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State v. Kelly, 655 P.2d 1202, 1203 (1982).
"The case would rise or fall on whether . . . [appellant] acted in actual fear of imminent harm
from her husband when she shot [or injured] him . . . ." Depetris v. Kuykendall, supra. See
also People v. Torres, 128 Misc2d 129, 488 NYS.2d 358.
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People v. PO3 Langres, 375 Phil. 240, 258, October 13, 1999.
See also People v. Plazo, 350 SCRA 433, January 29, 2001; People v. Cario, 351 Phil.
644, March 31, 1998; People v. Timblor, 348 Phil. 847, January 27, 1998.
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People v. Saul, 372 SCRA 636, December 19, 2001.
People v. Galapin, 355 Phil. 212, July 31, 1998; People v. Panes, 343 Phil. 878, August 29,
1997.
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State v. Gallegos, 104 NM 247, 719 P.2d 1268, citing Eber, The Battered Wife's Dilemma:
To Kill or To Be Killed, 32 Hasting LJ 895, 928 (1981).
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Id., citing State v. Walker, 40 Wash.App. 658, 700 P.2d 1168 (1985).
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People v. Saul, supra.
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People v. Bato, 348 SCRA 253, December 15, 2000.
People v. Maquiling, 368 Phil. 169, June 21, 1999; People v. Discalsota, GR No. 136892,
April 11, 2002.
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Exhibits "B" et seq. - Appellant, p. 10.
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TSN, February 9, 2001, p. 19.
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Id., pp. 15-17.
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Id., p. 54.
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"Art. 13. Mitigating Circumstances. – The following are mitigating circumstances:
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"9. Such illness of the offender as would diminish the exercise of the will-power of the
offender without however depriving him of the consciousness of his acts."
"10. And, finally, any other circumstances of a similar nature and analogous to those above
mentioned."
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See People v. Javier, 370 Phil. 596, July 28, 1999; People v. Amit, 82 Phil. 820, February
15, 1949; People v. Francisco, 78 Phil. 694, July 16, 1947; People v. Balneg, 79 Phil. 805,
January 9, 1948.
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