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Corpus vs. People

PASTOR CORPUS, JR. y BELMORO, PETITIONER, VERSUS PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 255740 | 2023-08-16

DECISION
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
The accused cannot be convicted of an offense lesser than that charged if the lesser offense had already prescribed at the time the information was filed. To hold otherwise would be to sanction the circumvention of the law on prescription by the simple expedient of accusing the defendant of the graver offense.[1]
 
This Court resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision[3] and the Resolution[4] of the Court of Appeals (CA), which affirmed the conviction of Pastor B. Corpus,[5] Jr. (Pastor) for slight physical injuries under Article 263 of...