Practice question
Counsel tells the court guilty while the accused has not personally entered any plea. Can counsel’s statement alone satisfy Section1(b)?
- No; the accused must personally enter the plea
- Yes; counsel’s retainer substitutes for the personal plea
- Yes; a lawyer may always plead guilty without the accused
- Yes; silence is necessarily guilty
- Yes; the prosecutor may supply the missing plea
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule116 Sections1,3–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- People v Pagal, GR241257, September29,2020, EN BANC MAIN opinion, searching-inquiry guidelines: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/sep2020/gr_241257_2020.html
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