Practice question
Does Article 14(9) require the previous and current crimes to have exactly the same statutory name?
- Yes, otherwise repetition is never relevant.
- Yes, and the same victim is also indispensable.
- No; different crimes may qualify if they are embraced in the same title of the Code and the other requisites are met.
- No; every offense under any law automatically qualifies.
- Yes, but only when the previous sentence was short.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3815, specified articles, as amended: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426; Articles 14(9), 14(10), 62(5) and 160.
- Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 110 Sections 8–9, allegation of qualifying and aggravating circumstances: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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