Practice question
A public officer says an Ombudsman finding warranting prosecution is already a final judicial conviction. Which is best?
- Investigation and prosecution must be distinguished from a competent court's trial and judgment
- Every investigator is automatically a trial judge
- A complaint alone proves guilt
- The accused loses all trial rights
- Only the complainant determines guilt
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 6770, Sections 11, 13, 15, 19, 21 and 22: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6770_1989.html
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