Practice question
A Fact-Finding Team gathers evidence and the Joint Committee evaluates whether prosecution should follow. A proposed report treats the first stage’s recommendation as irrevocably binding on the second and on the trial court. Which is best?
- Every recommendation is res judicata on guilt
- The recommendation supplies material for the later lawful processes rather than a conclusive judgment controlling every stage
- No subsequent body may examine the evidence
- The team can order conviction without trial
- All evidentiary questions disappear at gathering
Legal references
- Arroyo v. DOJ, G.R. Nos. 199082, 199085 and 199118, July 23, 2013, main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/jul2013/gr_199082_2013.html; main resolution’s institutional description and quoted operative disposition.
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