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Battered Woman Syndrome People vs. Genosa Facts of The Case: Issue

The defendant claimed battered woman syndrome as a defense against charges of parricide for killing her husband. She argued that she killed him in self-defense during an episode of abuse. While the court acknowledged she had been abused by her husband in the past, it found that on the day of the killing there was a break in the aggression and she had time to calm down before fatally attacking him. The court found her guilty of parricide with mitigating circumstances, rejecting battered woman syndrome as a valid defense in this case.

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Battered Woman Syndrome People vs. Genosa Facts of The Case: Issue

The defendant claimed battered woman syndrome as a defense against charges of parricide for killing her husband. She argued that she killed him in self-defense during an episode of abuse. While the court acknowledged she had been abused by her husband in the past, it found that on the day of the killing there was a break in the aggression and she had time to calm down before fatally attacking him. The court found her guilty of parricide with mitigating circumstances, rejecting battered woman syndrome as a valid defense in this case.

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BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME

People vs. Genosa

deceased by shooting him. Afterwards, she and


the children left. The corpse was discovered due
to the awful smell.

Facts of the Case:

Issue:

The accused was found guilty by the


RTC of the crime of Parricide.

Whether or not there was a valid selfdefense.

She raises the claim of Battered Woman


Syndrome which allegedly constitutes selfdefense. She suffered battery from her
deceased husband. On the day of the killing,
she was 8-months pregnant. The deceased was
about to attack her so she ran, but he got hold of
her hands and whirled her around. While the
deceased left, she packed his clothes because
she wanted him to leave. Seeing it, the
deceased flew into a rage, he held her neck and
told her You might as well be killed so nobody
would nag me. Ben got a blade cutter from his
wallet but she smashed the arm of Ben with a
pipe. She again smashed Ben as he was about
to pick up the blade. She thereafter ran inside
the childrens bedroom. She ended the life of the

Decision:
The accused was found guilty
Parricide with mitigating circumstances.

of

Aggression, if not continuous, does not


warrant self-defense. In the absence of such
aggression, there can be no self-defense. There
was a sufficient time interval between the
unlawful aggression of the deceased and her
fatal attack upon him. The Court reckons further
that crucial to the BWS defense is the state of
mind of the battered woman at the time of the
offense. She must have actually feared imminent
harm from her batterer and honestly believed it
the need to kill him in order to save her life.

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