Practice question
A charge is dismissed before the accused is ever arraigned or enters a plea. Assuming no distinct legal bar, does that event alone satisfy the first-jeopardy requirements?
- No; arraignment and plea are among the required conditions.
- Yes, filing alone always completes jeopardy.
- Yes, every dismissal is an acquittal after trial.
- Yes, even an invalid charge before an incompetent court always suffices.
- No; jeopardy can attach only after serving sentence.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 117 section 7: prior jeopardy, included offenses and specified graver-offense exceptions.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_259277_2026.html — Bakal v. People, G.R. 259277, 2026 main opinion: finality of acquittal and strict jurisdictional standard for Rule 65 review.
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