Practice question
A person completes the sentence in Case A but is still lawfully serving a different sentence in Case B. The person argues that Article 89(2) cancels all custody because one sentence ended. Which is correct?
- One completed sentence necessarily cancels all others
- The completed sentence in Case A must be respected, while Case B’s independent lawful sentence remains to be assessed
- Case B becomes an acquittal automatically
- Completion of Case A invalidates its original judgment
- The warden may impose any new sentence
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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