Practice question
A prior judgment bears a common name but the prosecution establishes that it concerned a different person. It offers no prior conviction of the present accused. Is the matching name alone sufficient?
- Yes, name similarity replaces the prior-conviction requirement
- Yes, every namesake shares convictions
- Yes, titles eliminate identity proof
- Yes, the prosecutor may choose any judgment
- No
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles14(9)-(10),19-20 and160, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
- Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule110 Sections8-9, allegation of aggravating circumstances: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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