Aljay H.

Labuga January 22, 2022

Legal Medicine Final Examination

A. _
1. Mortal Wounds- these are wounds inflicted to someone that might cause possible deathto
a person. These wounds normally are caused by injuries which the affected areas might
endanger the people’s life usually inflicted in the head, spinal chord, and other big internal
organs.
2. Defense Wounds- these are wounds usually acquired by one who is protecting himself,
These wounds usually appear on forearms which are results of one protecting its head in
accidents or some other mischief.
3. Incapacity- it is when a person is unable to perform his usual task due to the injury
inflicted on him.
4. Fracture- it is when a part of the skeletal organ of a person is broken, usually occurs due to
fatal accident.
5. Lacerated Wound- It is a kind of wound which are produced from not sharp objects,
usually from blows of wood, sticks, throwing of stones, and other blunt objects.
6. Paraffin Test- is is a kind of test wherein a person is found of residues of gunpowder,
usually used to determine who among the suspects fired a gun.
7. Second Degree Burn- it is a kind of burn wherein the skin, tissues and nerve endings are
affected usually evidenced by the formation of blisters.
8. Abduction- is when a person carry away another person either by force or consensual.
Forced abduction is punishable by law and Consensual abduction is also punishable when the
person abducted is a minor.
9. Incest- is a kind of relationship between family members who are engaged in sexual
relationship with each other
10. Paedophilia- is when an adult has a compulsive desire to have a sexual relationship to
children.

B. _
1. Legal classification of Physical injuries
Under the Revised Penal code, Physical injuries are classified into three, namely:
Slight physical injury wherein a person is incapacitated to do normal labor from 1 to 9 days,
less serious physical injury when the aggrieved person is incapacitated to do normal labor
due to his injuries from duration of 10 days to 30 days. And Serious physical injury is when
the victim of injury is incapacitated to perform normal labor not falling from lee serious
physical injury or those wounds that incapacitated a person to perform normal labor for
more than 90 days, or those injuries which caused deformation of loss of any part of a
person’s body.

2. Evidences to prove that gunshot wound is suicidal

A person planning to kill himself are usually caused by emotional frustrations, thus
usually a person who is trying to kill himself leave suicidal notes containing his emotional
distress. The objects which are then used by the perpetrator are usually found near the body
for him to have access to it, and the method which caused his demise are usually performed
by a single act.

3. Evidences to support Homicidal Hanging

A person being killed by hanging usually shows signs of struggles evidenced by
defense wounds and other disturbing factors in the surrounding which might be caused by
the commotion, and the weapon or the thing used are usually concealed by the perpetrator.

C. _
The examination shows evidences that the victim is a female. The old lacerations indicate
that she has undergone sexual intercourse in the past and signifies that she is no longer a virgin,
however the laceration at 2 o’clock and 6 o’clock of her hymen suggest that she had a sexual
intercourse before her death and might be a possible issue of rape as evidenced by the hematoma on
her face, abdomen, right and left thigh as well as the linear abrasions found in her forearm which
clearly signifies defense wounds caused by possible struggle. And lastly the ligature marks around her
neck shows that she is a victim of homicidal hanging and which might caused her death. With all the
evidence being presented, it is a clear proof of rape with homicide.

D. _
If I was invited by the dean of the college of law as a consultant for a possible revision for the
legal medicine subject. I would suggest that the syllabus be improved by adding more cases or
jurisprudence on the syllabus. This will help students to better visualize actual scenarios on the topic.
Nonetheless, legal medicine, as it is now provided new insights to the students and only need to be
improved by little.