Practice question
A warrant ruling is made as an incident of a pending criminal action, where guilt remains for trial. Is it necessarily final simply because an independent warrant quashal can be final?
- Yes, the word warrant makes every ruling final.
- Yes, an incidental ruling necessarily terminates the prosecution.
- Yes, an appeal automatically replaces the trial in every case.
- Yes, the pending action is irrelevant to classification.
- No; the incidental setting and what remains to be done must be examined.
Legal references
- Worldwide Web Corp. v. People, G.R. No. 161106, January 13, 2014, MAIN decision, independent warrant proceeding, aggrieved-party standing and final-order distinction: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/jan2014/gr_161106_2014.html
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