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Practice question: Multi-recidivism or Habitual Delinquency

Multiple Choice Medium

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?
  1. Every complaint is a conviction
  2. An arrest automatically supplies all prior findings
  3. Habitual delinquency is presumed from publicity
  4. The required findings of guilt and statutory conditions cannot be replaced by pending accusations
  5. 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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