Practice question
A person is acquitted under a municipal ordinance for a particular act. Prosecutors then charge precisely that same act under a national law, conceding that both provisions punish it. They argue that different legislative sources always permit successive prosecutions. Which is best?
- Different sources always require a second trial
- Only the ordinance case matters if it resulted in conviction
- The Constitution expressly bars the second prosecution for the same act after acquittal under either source
- A mayor may waive the accused's protection
- The first case is automatically erased
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Sections 19-21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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