Practice question
An information charges multiple offenses but the law prescribes a single punishment for the various offenses in the charge. Is multiplicity alone enough under section 3(f) to quash it?
- Yes, there is no exception.
- Yes, regardless of the prescribed punishment.
- No; section 3(f) expressly excepts the situation where law prescribes a single punishment.
- Yes, if the accused is detained.
- No; an information may always charge any number of unrelated offenses.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 117 sections 1–6: timing, written grounds, enumerated grounds, amendment and reprosecution.
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