Prescription of Crimes

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1. Under Article90, what is the general prescriptive period for an RPC crime punishable by reclusion temporal, with no spe…
2. Under Article91, what generally starts prescription of an RPC offense?
3. Under Article91, does the prescriptive term run while the offender is absent from the Philippine Archipelago?
4. A covered RPC crime is already discovered, and the offender is then absent from the Philippines for a stated interval. …
5. A summary-procedure criminal complaint arises and is filed timely with the proper prosecution office after the April 20…
6. A prosecution relies on Consebido's new 2025 tolling clarification to revive an offense whose prescriptive period had a…
7. The offended party actually discovers an RPC crime, and no special constructive-notice or other reckoning issue exists.…
8. Distinguish the prescription of a crime under Articles90–91 from the duration or service of a sentence. State the gener…
9. For a covered matter arising after the 2025 Consebido ruling, a proper criminal complaint is filed timely with the pros…
10. An offended party actually discovers an RPC offense before the authorities do. The offender is absent from the Philippi…
11. An RPC offense is punishable by prision mayor alone. Which ordinary Article90 period applies?
12. What is the Article90 period for ordinary libel, as amended by RA4661, excluding cyberlibel?