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Practice question: Rights to Speedy Trial and Speedy Disposition of Cases

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain why pre-complaint fact-finding and post-complaint preliminary investigation should not be indiscriminately treated as one period in the Tumang and Colis framework. Does identifying the boundary alone decide the entire constitutional claim?

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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