Practice question
The defense proves only that a charged offense is light, then demands acquittal without addressing whether it was consummated or against persons or property. Which is best?
- Every light label automatically establishes immunity.
- Classification alone does not answer the statutory stage and exception inquiries.
- Consummation can never matter.
- The protected category is always irrelevant.
- All light felonies necessarily remain preparatory.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles 6-8 and 304-305 (cited provisions): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
- RA 10951, Section 1, current Article 9 classification (no reliance on the original Code’s obsolete monetary threshold): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html
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