Practice question
Appellee files no memorandum. Appellant demands automatic reversal without record review; no special default rule applies. Which is correct?
- The case is submitted for record-based decision, not automatic reversal
- Every omission compels reversal
- The record must be destroyed
- All findings vanish automatically
- Only appellant decides the case
Legal references
- Rules40–45 and51, continuing appellate provisions: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 amendments, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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