Practice question
A lawful compromise resolves only the BP22 corresponding civil debt. No independent criminal-extinction ground exists. Accused demands automatic dismissal of the prosecution solely from that compromise. Which is correct?
- Only the creditor may determine guilt
- The compromise necessarily is an acquittal
- Every private receipt is a criminal judgment
- Civil compromise does not itself extinguish the public penal action
- The debt and offense are procedurally identical
Legal references
- Rules110 Section14,111 Sections1–3 and119 Section19: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Civil Code Articles29,32–34 and2034: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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