Practice question
Under Rule 119, Section 1, what receipt is relevant to the ordinary thirty-day commencement provision?
- Receipt of an unrelated civil demand.
- The bondsman’s receipt for premium.
- Receipt of the pre-trial order.
- The date a witness bought travel tickets.
- Only the prosecutor’s employment anniversary.
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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