Practice question
The prosecution joins several unrelated offenses because one witness will testify about all. The accused raises the proper timely objection. The prosecutor cites the single-punishment exception but identifies no law prescribing one punishment. Which is best?
- Shared witnesses always authorize one information
- Witness overlap alone does not establish the statutory exception
- Any prosecutorial assertion creates one punishment
- The objection automatically proves innocence
- Separate informations can never be jointly tried when law permits
Legal references
- Rule110 Section13: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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