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Ewan Odt
Ewan Odt
5. an ordinary mitigating circumstance can only lower the penalty by its period. It can be offset
by a pressence of an aggravating circumstance. A provilaged migrating circumstance on the
otherhand, can lower the penalty by degree. It cannot offset by the presence of an aggrivating
circumstance. Examples of privilaged migrating circumstance are; the presence of two
ordinary migrating circumstance without an aggrivating circumstance a minority or if the crime
be committed by a perso below 18 years of age but above 15 years old with discernment
1. A is incorrect. A crime is considered as a comlex crime under the revised penal code if (1) a
single act constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies or (2) if one crime is a
necessary means in committing the other. In this case the crimes committed by A are 3 counts
of slight physical injries fallling under light fellonies. Thus being light feonies it cannot