Practice question
In an ordinary covered appeal, a party timely files a proper reconsideration motion on the last day of its original appeal period. After denial notice it files the notice of appeal ten days later. Assuming no other defect, which is best?
- The fresh fifteen-day period makes the stated ten-day filing timely
- Only one day necessarily remained under Neypes
- The motion could never affect the period
- The party had no possible appeal
- Ten days is always too late in every procedure
Legal references
- Neypes, G.R.141524, September14 2005: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/sep2005/gr_141524_2005.html
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