Question

(a) What are the elements of the crime of bigamy?
(b) If you were the judge in a bigamy case where the defense was able to prove that the first marriage was null and void or a nullity, would you render a judgment of conviction or acquittal? Explain your answer.
(c) Assuming the existence of the first marriage when accused contracted the second marriage and the subsequent judicial declaration of nullity of the second marriage on the ground of psychological incapacity, would you render a judgment of conviction or acquittal? Explain your answer. (2012 BAR)

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