Factual Situation: A, who was sexually impotent in vain to have sexual intercourse with a prostitute P, who jeered at him. A stabbed P with a knife and killed her. In a charge of murder, A pleads the defence of grave and sudden provocation. Can A succeed? I. not, state the reasons.Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder.Decision:

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Factual Situation: A, who was sexually impotent in vain to have sexual intercourse with a prostitute P, who jeered at him. A stabbed P with a knife and killed her. In a charge of murder, A pleads the defence of grave and sudden provocation. Can A succeed? I. not, state the reasons.<br>Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder.<br>Decision:






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