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Practice question: Demurrer to Evidence

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

The adverse party files its demurrer comment within the applicable period. The court proposes resolving the demurrer ninety days later under the ordinary judgment schedule. What specific Guidelines period governs resolution?
  1. Thirty calendar days from comment filing or lapse of the comment period
  2. The ordinary ninety-day schedule necessarily replaces it
  3. No period is stated
  4. Two years after arrest
  5. Only after all appeals end

Legal references

  • Rule119 Sections12–18,23–24: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
  • A.M.15-06-10-SC, Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, April25,2017, itemsI andIII.13(d),13(f),14–15; primary text: https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516

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