Practice question
Both parties accept that a penal prescription provision should favor the accused. The accused then demands an extra-statutory rule deeming all restricted-access social-media posts instantly discovered by every possible complainant. Which is best?
- Pro reo requires every accused-requested presumption regardless of law.
- Favorable construction does not supply that unsupported universal factual presumption.
- Privacy settings conclusively prove universal immediate access.
- The governing reckoning provision may be ignored.
- Every statutory condition disappears when the principle is invoked.
Legal references
- Causing v. People, G.R. No. 258524, April 8, 2026, en banc main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/apr2026/gr_258524_2026.html
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