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Oct 26, 2023 · In the Philippine legal landscape, distinguishing between motive and intent is vital for effective legal practice. Understanding how each contributes to criminal liability, how they are proven, and their role in court can significantly impact the outcome of a case.
In criminal law, motive in itself is not an element of any given crime; however, the legal system typically allows motive to be proven to make plausible the accused's reasons for committing a crime, at least when those motives may be obscure or hard to identify with.
While the motive of an accused in a criminal case is generally held to be immaterial, not being an element of the crime, motive becomes important, when, as in this case, the evidence of the commission of the crime is purely circumstantial.
Motive is generally held to be immaterial because it is not an element of the crime. However, motive becomes important when the evidence on the commission of the crime is purely circumstantial or inconclusive. Motive is, thus, vital in this case.
In a legal context, motive is the reason a person may have committed a crime. Rather, as defined in the case State v. Willis, motive is “the moving course, the impulse, the desire that induces criminal action on the part of the accused.”
It attempts to show that motives are important to liability according to any philosophically plausible conception of the nature of motives. It discusses several respects in which motives are relevant to the substantive criminal law and traces some normative implications of the author's thesis.
Aug 2, 2006 · Motive plays an important role in criminal law. It is necessary to prove liability for some offenses; it is a key component of several defenses; and it has been a traditional...
