Practice question
Which combination falls within the first branch of Article 48’s complex-crime rule?
- Any two unrelated acts on different dates.
- Every light offense plus any other act automatically.
- A single act constituting two or more grave or less grave felonies.
- All offenses committed by the same person during a year.
- Every offense witnessed by the same observer.
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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