Practice question
A prosecutor relies on three pending complaints, none resulting in the required qualifying conviction, to demand habitual-delinquency additional punishment. Which is best?
- Every complaint is a conviction
- An arrest automatically supplies all prior findings
- Habitual delinquency is presumed from publicity
- The required findings of guilt and statutory conditions cannot be replaced by pending accusations
- The defendant must invent the missing record
Legal references
- RA7659, Section23, Article62(5): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7659_1993.html
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