Practice question
A court denies community service while the period to appeal the underlying conviction remains open. The accused says nonappealability of the community-service order also extinguishes the remaining statutory choices concerning the judgment. What does paragraph13 preserve?
- The accused may still choose appeal of the judgment or apply for probation within the applicable framework
- Every remedy disappears automatically
- The conviction becomes a pardon
- Only the denied application may be appealed
- The barangay may reverse the judgment
Legal references
- AM20-06-14-SC, October6 2020, community-service guidelines paragraphs5-10 and14: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_20-06-14-sc_2020.pdf
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