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Practice question: Reiteración or Habituality

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Practice question

State Article14(10)'s two alternatives for reiteración. An offender has only one prior crime with a lighter prescribed penalty and no other qualifying history. Explain the result under that provision.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code Article14(10), reiteración or habituality.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1996/sep1996/gr_109767_1996.html — People v. Monterey, G.R.109767, September3 1996, main opinion on Article14(10); no obsolete penalty amounts applied.

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