Practice question
One actor performs impossible-crime execution acts; another only fantasizes about the same plan. A prosecutor argues Article59’s social-danger language makes both legally identical despite the absence of acts by the second. Which is correct?
- The performed-act requirement must still be satisfied individually
- Social danger automatically replaces every act
- All fantasies are impossible crimes
- The first actor’s conduct automatically becomes the second’s without participation
- The statute punishes all unpopular desires
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles4–5,8,16–22,59, specified provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Articles4(2) and59; no obsolete fine computation.
- Intod v CA GR103119 October21,1992 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1992/oct1992/gr_103119_1992.html
- Jacinto v People GR162540 July13,2009 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/jul2009/gr_162540_2009.html
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