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Question XXI

2015 Bar · Criminal Law · 1 sub-question

XXI. Filipino citizens Hector and Wendy were married in New York, and have been living happily in Manila for the last three years. Hector was removing junk from his basement when he came across an unlabeled recordable cd. He put it in his computer's DVD drive to check its contents. To his surprise, he saw a video of Wendy and another man Ariel, in the act of sexual intercourse in the master's bedroom of his house. Angered by what he saw, he filed a complaint for adultery against Wendy and Ariel. During the course of the trial, and again to the surprise of Hector, it was proved that Wendy was born male and underwent sex reassignment later in life. a) May Hector's charge of adultery against Wendy and Ariel prosper? Explain. (3%) b) What is an impossible crime? Can there be an impossible crime of adultery? (2%)

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