Practice question
A court treats every statement alike: it convicts a passive approver solely because operational participants also spoke, and dismisses the significance of an execution-weapons offer because it too was verbal. Which correction is required?
- Assess whether each person’s proved words or acts advance the plan rather than equating all speech
- Every spoken word is necessarily overt participation
- All verbal evidence must be excluded
- Only kinship determines liability
- A common charge proves identical roles
Legal references
- People v Datu Akmad Ampatuan GR258710 January27,2025 MAIN, furtherance and offered guns: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jan2025/gr_258710_2025.html
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