Practice question
A statute fixes a compound penalty consisting of prision correccional and prision mayor. Assume no special offense-specific period. For the first three paragraphs of Article90, which component governs the classification?
- The highest component, prision mayor
- The lowest component only
- The sentence a witness predicts
- The prosecutor’s preferred minimum
- The accused’s time in preventive detention
Legal references
- RA4661 Article90 amendment: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1966/ra_4661_1966.html
- Revised Penal Code, relevant Articles: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Articles90–91.
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