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Practice question: Amendment and Substitution

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

In a lawful substitution sequence, a party proposes dismissing the original now and never filing a proper replacement, while claiming the rule’s paired mechanism was completed. Which is sound?
  1. A private promise is identical to a filed information
  2. The specified mechanism links dismissal to filing the proper new charge
  3. No new charge is contemplated
  4. The witness’s bond is the replacement information
  5. The accused may invent the new offense

Legal references

  • Rules110 Section14,111 Sections1–3 and119 Section19: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html

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