Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability

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1. Under Article112, civil liability arising from crime is extinguished in what manner?
2. Does full service of the prison sentence by itself discharge an unpaid civil indemnity?
3. Which final criminal finding extinguishes the civil action based on delict under Rule111 Section2?
4. A final judgment acquits an accused solely because proof of guilt did not reach the criminal standard. It does not find…
5. A convicted offender receives commutation but has not paid the adjudged indemnity and has no other discharge of that de…
6. While his criminal conviction is on appeal and not yet final, the accused dies. The victim’s asserted civil claim is ba…
7. A defendant dies pending appeal of his criminal conviction. A supplier also has a genuinely independent contractual cla…
8. Explain why prison service, pardon or commutation does not by itself extinguish the victim’s civil indemnity.
9. Apply Bayotas to an accused who dies while his conviction is under appeal. Distinguish a claim solely ex delicto from a…
10. Compare an acquittal based only on reasonable doubt with a final finding that the act giving rise to civil liability ne…
11. What does Civil Code Article 1288 provide when one of the debts consists in civil liability arising from a penal offens…
12. Is extinguishment by novation established merely because a debtor uses the word new in a repayment discussion?