Lesser Offense

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1. Under the ordinary Rule 116, Section 2 procedure, what relation must the proposed lesser offense bear to the offense ch…
2. Under Rule 116, Section 2, is amendment of the complaint or information necessary merely to enter the permitted plea to…
3. Under the ordinary plea-to-lesser-offense rule, does agreement of the accused, offended party, and prosecutor by itself…
4. Under the ordinary Rule 116 procedure, an accused initially pleaded not guilty. Before trial, he seeks an otherwise pro…
5. The private offended party fails to appear at arraignment despite due notice. The accused proposes a plea to a necessar…
6. An accused in an ordinary non-drug case proposes to plead guilty to an unrelated offense that is not necessarily includ…
7. A drug-case plea proposal complies with the Supreme Court's applicable plea-bargaining framework. The prosecutor object…
8. State the ordinary requirements and timing for a plea of guilty to a lesser offense under Rule 116, Section 2.
9. Explain the exception when the private offended party fails to appear at arraignment despite due notice.
10. Explain why a prosecutor's objection based solely on an inconsistent DOJ plea policy is not an absolute bar to an other…
11. Under Aquino’s drug-case guidelines, how must the accused initiate the plea-bargaining offer?
12. Upon receipt of a framework-compliant drug plea proposal, what assessment does Aquino direct the judge to order?