Practice question
The sixty-day period from filing the review petition has expired. No other lawful suspension ground or restraining order is present. May the accused insist that this review alone indefinitely bars arraignment?
- Yes, the sixty-day limit is merely optional.
- Yes, every unanswered petition stops court action forever.
- No; the review-related ground does not supply indefinite suspension beyond the stated maximum.
- Yes, if the accused repeats the same motion.
- No; the court must automatically convict without arraignment.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 116 section 11: grounds and limits of suspension; Rule 111 sections 6–7: qualifying prejudicial question.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/sep2018/gr_186403_2018.html — Corpus v. Pamular, G.R. 186403, September 5, 2018, main opinion: 60-day limit and arrest-warrant distinction.
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