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Practice question: New Trial or Reconsideration (Rule 121)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which is a ground for reconsideration under Rule 121, Section 3?
  1. Any desire for a different judge
  2. An unrelated event after trial
  3. Errors of law or fact in the judgment requiring no further proceedings
  4. A request to delay without a stated error
  5. Any change of counsel alone

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rules 120 §§4–6, 121 §§1–6, 122 §§1–3,6,11, and 126 §§1,3–5; read appellate periods with Rodriguez and current appellate routes.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_259589_2025.html — Fernando v. People, G.R. No. 259589, July 29, 2025, MAIN decision (newly discovered evidence and qualified recantation ground).

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