Practice question
Under Enrile, must the criminal pretrial order reproduce the bill of particulars merely to keep that bill part of the record?
- No; the bill already forms part of the case record
- Yes; omission destroys the bill automatically
- Yes; the bill exists only inside a pretrial order
- Only a newspaper can preserve it
- Only the prosecutor’s private file counts
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule116 Sections1,3–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Enrile v Sandiganbayan, GR258841, February27,2024, MAIN opinion, bill of particulars and criminal pre-trial order: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_258841_2024.html
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