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Facts: Luz is convicted of estafa by misappropriation in the amount of PHP 150,000. The trial court sentences her to imprisonment for 3 years and to pay a fine of PHP 150,000. Luz has PHP 50,000 in cash and PHP 60,000 in property that can be applied to the fine. The court, in default of payment of the fine, imposes subsidiary imprisonment in lieu of the unpaid amount, to be computed on a day-for-day basis as provided by law. (a) State the doctrine of subsidiary imprisonment and the controlling rule for its imposition. (b) Apply it to Luz's case: is the court's order valid, and what is Luz's liability with respect to the subsidiary imprisonment? (c) If later Luz pays PHP 20,000, what is the effect on the subsidiary imprisonment? Which of the following statements is correct regarding Luz's subsidiary imprisonment under these facts?

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Subsidiary imprisonment runs concurrently with the main sentence and ends only when the main sentence ends, regardless of the unpaid fine. If the offender pays part of the fine after default, the remaining days of subsidiary imprisonment are calculated anew from zero based on the new unpaid amount. The doctrine of subsidiary imprisonment provides that in default of payment of the fine, the convict shall serve imprisonment day-for-day only for the portion of the fine that remains unpaid after applying any available funds; In Luz's case, after applying PHP 50,000 cash and PHP 60,000 property to the PHP 150,000 fine, PHP 40,000 remains unpaid, so the court's order imposing subsidiary imprisonment for the PHP 40,000 unpaid portion is valid; If Luz pays PHP 20,000 later, the remaining unpaid amount becomes PHP 20,000 and the corresponding days of subsidiary imprisonment are reduced accordingly, with the subsidiary imprisonment ceasing once the fine is fully paid. Subsidiary imprisonment is a separate penalty that must be imposed regardless of the offender's means to pay; since Luz has assets to apply, the court's order is invalid.

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