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Practice question: Commutation of Sentence

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under ArticleVII Section19, what conviction status ordinarily precedes presidential commutation?
  1. Conviction by final judgment
  2. Only a police suspicion
  3. Only an unfiled complaint
  4. Only a prosecutor’s private opinion
  5. No conviction at all

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles95-96,109-110 and159, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
  • Constitution, ArticleVII Section19, executive clemency after final conviction: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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