Gravity

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1. What makes a felony grave under Article9’s afflictive-penalty criterion?
2. Under Article9, less grave felonies are those punished by penalties which in their maximum period are what?
3. Which deprivation-of-liberty penalty is expressly identified in Article9’s light-felony definition?
4. A statutory infraction is punishable only by a PHP30,000 fine. Applying the updated monetary provisions, which is best?
5. A fine of PHP100,000 is prescribed as the sole penalty. Under amended Article26, what is its penalty class?
6. The law prescribes a felony penalty that includes an afflictive period. A defendant receives a lower actual sentence af…
7. An old reviewer says Article9 still classifies every fine above PHP200 as outside the light-felony definition. A new st…
8. Distinguish statutory felony gravity from the sentence actually imposed on a particular offender.
9. Explain why the old PHP200 light-felony figure cannot be used as the current general rule.
10. Classify a sole PHP100,000 penal fine under amended Article26 and explain the method.
11. Under amended Article26, a fine of exactly P1,200,000 is classified as what?
12. Under amended Article26, a fine of P1,200,001 is classified as what?