Practice question
A sentenced person seeks an actually favorable RA10951 adjustment. The opponent argues Section100 is categorically restricted to those awaiting trial. Which is correct?
- The statute expressly includes a person serving sentence by final judgment
- Only future trials are included
- Finality always defeats the express clause
- The prosecution alone chooses whether the statute exists
- The statute has no retroactive provision
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles2,21–22, specified provisions: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426 Articles21–22.
- RA10951 Sections100–101, favorable retroactivity and pending-case jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html
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