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Practice question: Continuous/Continued Crime (Delito Continuado) vs. Continuing/Transitory Crime

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Practice question

What is the central substantive concept of delito continuado?
  1. Several acts that legally constitute partial execution of one indivisible criminal resolution, subject to the doctrine’s requisites.
  2. Every offense committed by a person with the same occupation.
  3. Every crime prosecuted in one courthouse.
  4. Every series of acts using the same instrument.
  5. Every offense involving more than one city.

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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