Probation (PD 968, as amended by RA 10707)

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1. Under amended Section9(a) of the Probation Law, which sentence disqualifies an offender by its maximum term?
2. What does filing an application for probation ordinarily signify regarding the right to appeal?
3. Under amended Section9(d), what is the effect of having once been on probation under the Decree?
4. An otherwise qualified adult receives a maximum of exactly six years. No special disqualification applies. Is that offe…
5. A trial court imposes a nonprobationable eight-year maximum. On appeal, it is modified to a probationable five-year max…
6. An otherwise qualified defendant's original nonprobationable conviction is modified on appeal to a probationable penalt…
7. A defendant receives a probationable penalty at trial and perfects an appeal from that conviction. The penalty remains …
8. Explain RA10707's exception permitting a probation application after appeal. Assume an originally nonprobationable sent…
9. Compare an offender with a maximum of exactly six years and one with a maximum exceeding six years under amended Sectio…
10. A defendant receives a probationable trial-court sentence, perfects an appeal, and later claims RA10707 permits probati…
11. May probation be granted without the prior investigation and court determination specified in Section 5?
12. What initial reporting condition must a probation order include under Section 10?