Prescription of Penalties

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1. What is the object of prescription under Article92?
2. Under Article92, what is the prescriptive period for the penalty of arresto mayor imposed by final sentence?
3. Under Article93, which event interrupts a running period of prescription of a penalty?
4. A person sentenced to imprisonment by final judgment goes into hiding before ever entering custody to serve it. Many ye…
5. A convict validly begins serving imprisonment under a final judgment, escapes, and later voluntarily surrenders before …
6. A convict serving a final imprisonment sentence escapes and remains at large. Before the applicable prescription period…
7. Two convicts invoke a long lapse since final judgment. Ana actually served imprisonment and escaped; Ben never entered …
8. Distinguish prescription of an offense from prescription of a penalty imposed by final sentence.
9. A convicted defendant never served a day in prison and hid for more than the nominal Article92 period. Explain why the …
10. Identify Article93’s interruption events and explain why proof of an expired Article92 period requires more than the da…
11. What Article92 period applies to an imposed reclusion temporal penalty?
12. What Article92 period applies to a light penalty?