Defense of Nullity of the Second Marriage in Bigamy: A Closer Look at Pulido and Tenebro
Summary Prior to the 2004 case of Tenebro v. Court of Appeal, an accused who had contracted two marriages had available to him or her a two-pronged strategy to exculpate himself from criminal liability for bigamy. The first was an attack on the validity of the first or prior marriage. The second was an attack…