Practice question
What mental-condition ground for suspending arraignment does Rule 116 section 11(a) state?
- Any disagreement with defense counsel.
- An apparent unsound mental condition rendering the accused unable fully to understand the charge and plead intelligently.
- Any dislike of the trial date.
- Every past medical diagnosis regardless of present ability.
- Only physical inability to pay bail.
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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