Threefold Rule

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1. What is the basic threefold limit in Article 70?
2. Does the threefold rule ordinarily govern the imposition of separate lawful penalties or their service?
3. For applying Article 70's threefold rule, how does its text compute the duration of perpetual penalties?
4. For an Article 70 calculation, assume four successive fixed terms of eight years each, totaling thirty-two years, with …
5. Assume four successive fixed terms of fifteen years each for Article 70 purposes, with no other credits or adjustments.…
6. For service under Article 70, assume successive fixed penalties of ten, six, four, and two years, totaling twenty-two y…
7. A court validly convicts an accused of four separate offenses, each carrying reclusion perpetua. Counsel proposes to re…
8. Explain the threefold rule and the forty-year ceiling. How should a shorter aggregate of penalties be treated?
9. Distinguish a perpetual penalty's computational treatment under Article 70 from its character as a penalty. Does the th…
10. A court imposes eight separate penalties whose stated aggregate exceeds forty years. Explain why that fact alone does n…
11. For fixed-term Article70 computations, is the threefold figure based on the longest applicable penalty or the average o…
12. Assume the longest fixed term is fourteen years. What additional outer ceiling prevents serving the entire forty-two-ye…