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Bigamy Case Digest: Bobis v Bobis by AR is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The Supreme Court ruled that a subsequent filing of a civil case to annul a first marriage does not constitute a prejudicial question to a criminal case for bigamy. While a prejudicial question arises from a separate fact intimately connected to determine guilt or innocence, resolution of nullity in this case would not determine whether the criminal prosecution could proceed, as the respondent was considered married at the time of his second marriage. Therefore, the civil case was not essential to resolving

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