PCMG Delegado De Polícia Practice Questions - Concurso PCMG - Delegado De Polícia Substituto (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Exam

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A hunter in a dense rural forest fires a rifle at what they mistakenly believe to be a wild boar moving in the brush, but the shot strikes and kills another human hunter. Under Articles 20 and 21 of the Brazilian Penal Code, how is this legal mistake classified and what are its penal consequences?

Erro de proibição direto, which excludes culpability if unavoidable, but leaves typicality intact. Erro de tipo permissivo, which removes the antijuridicity of the conduct as a legitimate self-defense. Aberratio ictus (desvio no golpe), which treats the act as a crime committed against the originally intended animal target. Erro de tipo essencial, which excludes dolo in all cases, but allows conviction for involuntary manslaughter (homicídio culposo) if the mistake was avoidable (inescusável).

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Erro de tipo essencial, which excludes dolo in all cases, but allows conviction for involuntary manslaughter (homicídio culposo) if the mistake was avoidable (inescusável).

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