Practice question
Under Rodriguez v. People applying the fresh-period rule, what appeal period follows receipt of denial of a timely motion for reconsideration of a criminal conviction?
- Only the seconds remaining on the original deadline
- No period at all
- A new one-year period
- A fresh fifteen-day period
- Exactly three days in every criminal case
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rules 120 §§4–6, 121 §§1–6, 122 §§1–3,6,11, and 126 §§1,3–5; read appellate periods with Rodriguez and current appellate routes.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/oct2012/gr_192799_2012.html — Rodriguez v. People, G.R. No. 192799, October 24, 2012, MAIN resolution (fresh fifteen-day criminal appeal period after timely reconsideration).
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70443 — Philippine Investment Two (SPV-AMC), Inc. v. Sebastian, G.R. Nos. 238729-30, April 8, 2026, EN BANC MAIN decision (independent assessment on withdrawal and prior arrest probable-cause finding).
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