Practice question
After a valid charge, plea and full trial in a competent court, an accused is acquitted. The State seeks a new trial for the identical offense merely because it disagrees with the evidence assessment; no due-process denial is alleged or proved. Which is best?
- Disagreement automatically authorizes retrial
- Every acquittal is provisional
- The prosecutor may erase the acquittal
- The second case is necessarily a civil case
- The ordinary finality-of-acquittal and double-jeopardy rules bar that attempt
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 117, Section 7: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Bakal v. People, G.R. No. 259277, February 2026, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_259277_2026.html
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