Practice question
Two penalties requiring successive service are arresto menor and destierro. An officer uses Article71’s graduated scale to put destierro first. What is the error?
- Arresto menor is automatically erased
- Only a typographical error in the prisoner’s name
- Destierro is never a penalty
- Using the graduation scale instead of Article70’s service-order scale
- The victim may choose any order
Legal references
- Commonwealth Act217 Section2, amended RPC Article70; Section3 Article71 for contrast: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/29/15348
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