Practice question
A prisoner has three valid consecutive one-year imprisonment terms from the same court. He serves one year and claims every term was simultaneously completed solely because they were identical. Which is best?
- One year automatically completes any number of identical terms.
- A common court necessarily orders simultaneous imprisonment.
- The number of crimes is legally irrelevant to service.
- That identical-term argument does not establish completion under Lagran.
- Every repeated penalty disappears after the first day.
Legal references
- In re Petition for Habeas Corpus of Pete Lagran, G.R. No. 147270, August 15, 2001, main decision, successive service and Article 70: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2001/aug2001/gr_147270_2001.html
- Mejorada v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. Nos. L-51065-72, June 30, 1987, en banc main decision, imposition distinguished from service: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/jun1987/gr_l-51065_1987.html
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