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Lorenzo, a private individual, was convicted by the trial court of drug trafficking under RA 9165 and sentenced to four (4) years of imprisonment. He began serving the sentence in 2012 and completed it in 2016. In 2017 he is charged with robbery with violence for a separate incident that occurred in 2015. (a) Explain whether Lorenzo’s criminal liability for the 2012 drug trafficking is extinguished by the completion of the sentence. (b) Can the 2017 robbery be prosecuted despite the prior drug trafficking sentence? (c) Identify the factors that determine whether the service of sentence for the drug trafficking was properly completed.