Practice question
After waiver of duplicity, a judgment announces guilt for three charged offenses but supplies findings and proof only for one. Does waiver cure that defect in the other convictions?
- No; each conviction must satisfy the charged-and-proved and separate-findings requirements.
- Yes, waiver supplies all missing evidence and reasons.
- Yes, one proven offense necessarily proves all others.
- Yes, the prosecutor’s joinder conclusively determines guilt.
- Yes, every remaining sentence follows automatically.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 110, Sections 7-15; Rule 116, Section 9; Rule 117, Sections 3(f) and 9; Rule 120, Section 3, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Revised Penal Code, Article 48, as amended by Act 4000 (grave or less grave felonies), official consolidated text: https://pcw.gov.ph/act-no-3815-the-revised-penal-code/
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