Practice question
An accused voluntarily submits to Court A, but law assigns the charged class of offense exclusively to Court B. Does submission alone cure Court A’s lack of offense jurisdiction?
- Yes, personal appearance supplies every kind of jurisdiction
- Yes, any defendant may rewrite the statute
- Only if the victim agrees
- No
- Court A automatically becomes Court B
Legal references
- Gomez v. People, G.R.216824, November10 2020: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/nov2020/gr_216824_2020.html
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