Practice question
The same act violates a statute and a municipal ordinance. After a valid acquittal under the ordinance, the State proposes prosecution under the statute for that same act. Which constitutional rule applies?
- Only a conviction can trigger that protection
- Different enacting bodies always eliminate jeopardy
- Only identical wording can create a bar
- The express law-or-ordinance same-act bar
- Municipal proceedings can never matter
Legal references
- Rules111 Section7,116 Section11,117 and118: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Constitution ArticleIII Section21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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