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Practice question: Pre-trial Agreement

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Defense counsel orally agrees to a material fact, but the accused never signs a written pre-trial admission. May it automatically be used against the accused as a compliant Section2 admission?
  1. Yes, oral counsel statements always replace both signatures
  2. Yes, silence automatically supplies a written signature
  3. No, because no written agreement can ever be valid
  4. No
  5. The lack of signature automatically proves innocence

Legal references

  • Rule118 Section2: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html

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