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What is People vs. Genosa: Battered Woman Defense about?
1) The appellant, Marivic Genosa, admitted killing her husband but claimed she did so in self-defense due to battered woman syndrome. 2) However, the court found she was not entitled to a complete acquittal because there was no unlawful aggression or immediate attack by her husband at the time she shot him. 3) While not self-defense, the court found the severe beatings the appellant suffered constituted cumulative provocation that diminished her free will, entitling her to mitigated penalties.
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