Practice question
A judge takes the numerical maximum of a prescribed penalty and divides it by two to impose one degree lower, without consulting Article61 or the legal scale. Which is best?
- Every degree is exactly half of any chosen number
- Any arithmetic reduction is automatically legal
- Only a calculator is needed
- Periods and degrees are always interchangeable
- Graduation is a legal-scale operation governed by the applicable rules, not automatic numerical halving
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Article61: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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