Practice question
May Go’s particular fifteen-day direction and cash-bail amount be treated as universal current rules for every omitted-investigation case?
- No; those were directions in that case, while current applicable investigation and bail rules must govern new cases.
- Yes, every accused now receives that identical cash amount.
- Yes, every present investigation has that deadline regardless of applicable rules.
- Yes, the decision abolished all other bail requirements.
- Yes, the old order replaces all later DOJ rules.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 113, Sections 2-9, and Rule 114, Section 26, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Go v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 101837, February 11, 1992, main decision, preserved preliminary-investigation objection and qualified relief: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1992/feb1992/gr_101837_1992.html
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