Practice question
A judgment imposes both imprisonment and a criminal fine. The prison term has been fully served, but the fine remains legally enforceable and unsatisfied. May the convict claim that serving imprisonment alone necessarily completed every component of the sentence?
- Yes, the fine always disappears upon release
- No; the unsatisfied legally operative fine must be separately accounted for
- Yes, if the convict changes address
- Yes, because all monetary obligations are civil only
- No, because imprisonment never affects liability
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — RPC Articles89(2),94 and113: completed service, partial reductions and survival of civil liability.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html — RA 10592: lawful preventive and good-conduct credits in sentence computation.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/mar2023/gr_223107_2023.html — People v. Agustin, G.R. 223107, March 15, 2023, main decision: completed service extinguishes criminal liability without erasing civil liability.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_249027_2024.html — Guinto v. DOJ, G.R. 249027 and249155, April 3, 2024, main decision: post-conviction GCTA, invalid exclusions and lawful computation.
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