Practice question
One intentional shot sends a single bullet through two victims, causing two homicides. No special composite provision governs, and the legally relevant facts are established. Which Article 48 category is implicated?
- Complex crime proper solely because one death is a means to the other.
- Delito continuado based only on a series of acts.
- Every death must be ignored except the first.
- A compound crime because a single act produces the two grave felonies.
- A purely civil accident regardless of intent.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 48 as amended, text and current two-branch rule reproduced in People v Reyes, G.R. No. 260030, May 19, 2025: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/may2025/gr_260030_2025.html
- People v Nelmida, G.R. No. 184500, September 11, 2012, en banc main decision, Article 48 and limited Lawas exception: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/sep2012/gr_184500_2012.html
- Ivler v Modesto-San Pedro, G.R. No. 172716, November 17, 2010, main decision, Article 365 indivisible quasi-offense distinguished from Article 48: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/nov2010/gr_172716_2010.html
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