Practice question
A person sentenced to imprisonment by final judgment goes into hiding before ever entering custody to serve it. Many years later, he claims that hiding alone began prescription of the imprisonment penalty. Under Basilonia, which is best?
- Every failure to appear is an escape from prison
- Finality alone always begins Article93’s period
- Hiding automatically extinguishes civil liability
- No period began through escape during service, because he never began serving in custody
- An arrest warrant is automatically a pardon
Legal references
- Basilonia v. Villaruz, G.R.191370–71, August10 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_191370_2015.html
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