Practice question
Which source states the Court’s controlling disposition in CICL XXX?
- Every dissent automatically supersedes the main decision.
- Only a search-engine snippet.
- The main decision, rather than a separate opinion advocating a different result.
- Only counsel’s summary of the case.
- The first isolated paragraph containing the word acquittal.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 110, Sections 7-15; Rule 116, Section 9; Rule 117, Sections 3(f) and 9; Rule 120, Section 3, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- CICL XXX v. People, G.R. No. 238798, March 14, 2023, EN BANC MAIN decision, especially its discussion of pleading discernment and waiver (not the separate dissenting opinions): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/mar2023/gr_238798_2023.html
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