Practice question
The victim survives after hospital treatment. The prosecution argues treatment alone conclusively proves that all lethal acts had been completed before doctors intervened. Which is best?
- Every treated injury was necessarily fatal.
- A doctor’s involvement automatically ends every subjective phase.
- No injury can ever be treated unless death was certain.
- The offender’s preferred stage is conclusive.
- The actual medical and execution evidence must establish that proposition; survival after treatment alone is insufficient.
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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