Practice question
A prisoner seeks full credit solely on an oral agreement obtained without counsel or information about its effects. Eligibility is otherwise conceded. Does that alone establish the prescribed full-credit agreement?
- Yes, any oral statement suffices
- Yes, counsel is forbidden in credit matters
- No; the required voluntary informed writing and counsel assistance have not been established
- Yes, if the jail is crowded
- No, because no prisoner can ever receive full credit
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html — RA 10592 section 1, amended RPC Article 29: full and four-fifths credit, counsel-assisted writing, reclusion perpetua computation and qualified immediate release.
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