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Practice question: Power of Impeachment

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Practice question

A public officer is validly convicted in impeachment for conduct that may also constitute an ordinary criminal offense. Explain the constitutional limit of the impeachment judgment and whether that judgment itself bars a separate prosecution according to law.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article XI Section 3(7): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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