Practice question
Both lawyers are absent, but the judge cites the continuous-trial permission for an absent accused and proceeds as though it expressly covers this different situation. Which is best?
- The presence condition is irrelevant
- That cited permission is conditioned on defense counsel and prosecutor being present
- An absent accused and absent lawyers are identical categories
- The judge may automatically invent a guilty plea
- No future pre-trial can ever occur
Legal references
- AM15-06-10-SC III8(f)(i); Rule118 Section3: https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516
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