Practice question
A case has a special shorter trial timetable. May counsel use the ordinary Rule 119 commencement language associated with the pre-trial order to erase the special shorter rule?
- Yes, an ordinary timetable always repeals every special one.
- No.
- Yes, receipt of any pre-trial order creates unlimited time.
- Yes, counsel may choose whichever deadline is longer.
- Yes, the prosecutor’s diary overrides all circulars.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 115-116 and 118-119, specifically the provisions discussed: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- A.M. No. 15-06-10-SC, April 25, 2017, Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, Part III, items 8(b), 8(f) and 9 (primary text reproduced by WIPO Lex): https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516
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