Practice question
A detained indigent applicant satisfies several documents but evidence indicates a probability of flight and a pending case carrying the same or higher penalty. Counsel insists indigency makes these facts legally irrelevant. Which is best?
- The court must examine the express Section7 disqualifications
- Indigency automatically defeats every disqualification
- A pending case automatically proves guilt in that case
- The prosecutor may privately sentence the accused
- Recognizance is never available to anyone with low income
Legal references
- RA10389 Section7(e) and(g): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10389_2013.html
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