Practice question
Parties settle the civil aspect of a covered case, then claim that any civil compromise automatically extinguishes every criminal charge regardless of substantive law. Which is best?
- The effect on criminal liability requires an actual legal basis; civil compromise alone is not a universal extinction rule
- Every payment necessarily acquits every accused
- No civil compromise is ever possible
- The mediator may repeal the offense by agreement
- Settlement automatically proves the accused committed every element
Legal references
- AM15-06-10-SC III9; CivilCode Article2034: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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