Practice question
A delay claim counts two years of stipulated pre-complaint fact-finding as if they were all post-complaint preliminary-investigation inaction. Which first correction follows Tumang and Colis’s reiterated framework?
- No phase distinction is legally possible
- Count the same period twice
- Treat all fact-finding as trial time
- Dismiss without identifying the complaint date
- Identify the formal-complaint boundary and exclude the stipulated earlier fact-finding period from that computation
Legal references
- People v. Sandiganbayan (Tumang and Colis), G.R. No. 274922, February 17, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69832
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