Practice question
Two corporate factions contest a board election in a prior civil case. A director is later charged with grave coercion for using intimidation to stop employees from performing lawful work. The asserted election issue does not determine any element of the charged coercion. Must the criminal case stop solely because authority over the corporation is disputed?
- Yes, every corporate dispute suspends every related prosecution.
- Yes, a claimed directorship authorizes all intimidation.
- Yes, the first civil case absorbs every criminal issue.
- No; the election dispute, without the requisite connection to the crime’s elements, does not establish a prejudicial question.
- No, because a prejudicial question can never arise from a corporate case.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 111 sections 6–7: prejudicial question, prior civil action, determinative issue and timing of suspension petition.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/nov2025/gr_259337_2025.html — Vallacar Transit, Inc. v. Yanson, G.R. 259337, November 25, 2025, main opinion: no automatic prejudicial question from related corporate litigation.
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