Practice question
An accused demands that a bill of particulars reveal every question the prosecutor will ask each witness and every step of the trial strategy. Is that the bill’s function?
- Yes, it is the complete prosecution trial plan.
- Yes, it eliminates prosecutorial evidence choices.
- No; Enrile distinguishes ultimate-fact particulars from the prosecution’s evidentiary trial plan.
- Yes, it substitutes for cross-examination.
- No; the charge may never be clarified.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 116 sections 9–10: bill of particulars and distinct material-evidence inspection procedure.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_258841_2024.html — Enrile v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. 258841, February 27, 2024, main opinion: ultimate-fact particulars, surprise and limits of evidentiary disclosure.
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