Practice question
Two independent offenses are improperly charged in one information. The accused proceeds to trial without timely objection, and both offenses are charged and proved. Does duplicity automatically require acquittal of all?
- No; Rule120 Section3 permits conviction of the charged and proved offenses when the stated objection was not made
- Yes, duplicity is always an automatic nonwaivable acquittal
- No, proof of either offense is unnecessary
- The judge may impose penalties for unlimited uncharged offenses
- The prosecutor may disregard every other constitutional protection
Legal references
- Rule117 Sections3(f) and9; Rule120 Section3: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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