Tag: PRESCRIPTION

The filing of the complaint for preliminary investigation interrupts the running of the prescriptive period of criminal cases, whether under the Revised Penal Code or special laws.

Posted on May 9, 2020

Mateo, charged with violation of Republic 8777 (Sexual Harassment) in an Information filed before the Sandiganbayan on March 21, 2017, filed a Motion for Judicial Determination of Probable Cause and Prescription, alleging…