Practice question
When a Rule 117, Section 7 exception permits conviction for the graver offense, how does the rule treat a former judgment already satisfied or served in whole or part?
- It requires all prior service to be ignored.
- It makes the new trial automatically private.
- It requires credit for that satisfaction or service upon conviction for the graver offense.
- It automatically doubles the sentence.
- It transfers sentencing to the complainant.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article III, Section 21.
- Rules of Court: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/rc/rc_110-127_2000.html Rule 117, Section 7.
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