Practice question
A defendant voluntarily pleads guilty only after the prosecution has already presented its evidence. Does that plea satisfy the specific timing requirement in Article13(7)?
- Yes; timing is irrelevant.
- Yes; every later admission necessarily meets the paragraph.
- No; that particular plea-of-guilty circumstance requires confession before prosecution evidence.
- Yes; it automatically proves voluntary surrender too.
- No; because a guilty plea can never be mitigating.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code Article13(2) and(7).
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70223 — Loza v. People, G.R.258592, August12 2025, MAIN en banc opinion, voluntary surrender and totality of circumstances.
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