Practice question
A convict serving a final imprisonment sentence escapes and remains at large. Before the applicable prescription period expires, he commits another crime. He argues that only recapture can interrupt prescription and that the new crime is irrelevant. Which is best?
- Only recapture is listed by Article93
- A new crime always shortens the prescription period
- The original sentence became a civil obligation
- The passage of time bars inquiry into the new crime
- Article93 expressly includes commission of another crime before expiration as an interruption
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Article93: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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