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Practice question: Duplicity of the Offense

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

One information alleges two separate completed thefts on different occasions, and no law prescribes one punishment for them. A timely proper objection is raised. Which is best?
  1. It is necessarily proper because both are called theft
  2. It is necessarily proper because one prosecutor signed
  3. It is necessarily one offense because one victim is involved
  4. The information is subject to the duplicity objection
  5. It automatically proves both charges true

Legal references

  • Rule110 Section13; Rule117 Section3(f): https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html

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