Practice question
On one occasion an offender takes several items from a common storage area, knowing they belong to different owners. The evidence is offered to establish a single indivisible taking plan. Is the number of owners alone conclusive proof of several separate crimes?
- Yes, each owner necessarily defeats every continued-crime theory.
- Yes, regardless of the acts or resolution.
- Yes, because property crimes can never be continued.
- No; the applicable unity requirements and actual facts must be examined, rather than treating owner count alone as decisive.
- No, because every theft anywhere in the offender’s life is one crime.
Legal references
- People v Ramoy, G.R. No. 212738, March 9, 2022, main decision, distinctions among plurality and continuing offenses: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/mar2022/gr_212738_2022.html
- Petron Corporation v Yao, G.R. No. 243328, March 18, 2021, main decision, continuing/transitory offense distinguished from delito continuado: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/mar2021/gr_243328_2021.html
- Navaja v De Castro, G.R. No. 180969, September 11, 2017, main decision, indivisible criminal resolution and partial execution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/sep2017/gr_180969_2017.html
- People v Sendaydiego, G.R. Nos. L-33253 and L-33254, January 20, 1978, main decision, falsification to conceal malversation distinguished from necessary means: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1978/jan1978/gr_33254_1978.html
- Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 110 Section 15, place of institution and trial: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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