Practice question
No listed bail-negating circumstance is proved after an RTC sentence exceeding six years. Does that alone make postconviction bail a matter of right?
- Yes, absence automatically compels bail
- Yes, the conviction is automatically vacated
- No court may ever grant discretionary bail
- Only the accused decides the outcome
- No; Leviste holds that the absence does not remove the court’s discretion
Legal references
- Leviste v. CA, G.R.189122, March17 2010: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/mar2010/gr_189122_2010.html
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