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Practice question: Single Impulse Rule

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Conspiracy proves collective responsibility for separate attacks. The defense says that collective attribution necessarily reduces all the attacks to a single physical act. Which is correct?
  1. Collective liability does not itself satisfy the compound-crime single-act requirement
  2. Conspiracy necessarily reduces every offense count
  3. Attribution and physical-act number are identical
  4. Only one conspirator can ever be responsible
  5. All separate acts must be ignored

Legal references

  • People v Mision GR63480 February26,1991 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1991/feb1991/gr_63480_1991.html
  • People v Nelmida GR184500 September11,2012 ENBANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/sep2012/gr_184500_2012.html
  • People v Reyes GR260030 May19,2025 MAIN, Article48 and public-fund falsification: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/may2025/gr_260030_2025.html

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