Practice question
What is the basic threefold limit in Article 70?
- Three times the shortest penalty, without any further ceiling.
- Three times the time corresponding to the most severe penalty imposed, subject to the statutory forty-year ceiling.
- Three times the number of victims.
- Exactly forty years in every case.
- One-third of the total fines.
Legal references
- Commonwealth Act No. 217, Section 2 amending RPC Article 70, simultaneous and successive service and threefold rule: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/29/15348
- Mejorada v Sandiganbayan, G.R. Nos. L-51065-72, June 30, 1987, main decision, service rather than imposition: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/jun1987/gr_l-51065_1987.html
- People v Escares, G.R. Nos. L-11128-33, December 23, 1957, main decision, separate penalties and Article 70 service: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1957/dec1957/gr_l-11128-33_1957.html
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