Practice question
A medical certificate states only the stab wound’s location and treatment dates. No competent evidence establishes that it would cause death without treatment. Which is sound concerning the claimed completed lethal execution?
- Treatment dates conclusively prove inevitable death.
- Every authenticated certificate proves every unstated medical proposition.
- The victim’s admission date alone determines the phase.
- That record does not automatically prove the fatal character needed for the frustrated-killing theory.
- A wound’s existence always proves all lethal acts complete.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles 6-8 and 304-305 (cited provisions): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
- Serrano v. People, G.R. No. 175023, July 5, 2010, main decision, proof of wound gravity and execution stage: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/jul2010/gr_175023_2010.html
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