Practice question
What is the basic distinction between factfinding investigation and adjudication?
- Every interview is a final judgment
- Investigation ascertains facts; adjudication authoritatively resolves rights and obligations
- Factfinding automatically includes criminal conviction
- A factual report always overturns an appellate judgment
- Adjudication never involves facts
Legal references
- Cariño v. Commission on Human Rights, G.R. No. 96681, December 2, 1991, main decision, investigation distinguished from adjudication: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1991/dec1991/gr_96681_1991.html
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