DUPLICITOUS OFFENSES:

     The Rules prohibit the filing of duplicitous information to avoid confusing the accused in preparing his defense.  By duplicity of charges is meant a single complaint or information that charges more than one offense. x x x   Otherwise stated, there is duplicity (or multiplicity) of charges when a single Information charges more than one offense. In this case, however, Soriano was faced not with one information charging more than one offense, but with more than one information, each charging a different offense - violation of DOSRI Rules in one, and estafa through falsification of commercial documents in the others. Ilagan, on the other hand, was charged with estafa through falsification of commercial documents in separate informations. Thus, petitioners erroneously invoke duplicity of charges as a ground to quash the Informations (SORIANO vs. PEOPLE, G.R. Nos. 159517-18, June 30, 2009, Third Division, Nachura, J.).